INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 3580, 11 December 1879, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

.A-AyA-yXi ♦ - J '7 From our usual exchanges per Arawata on Monday^ wef have compiled the follow.' ing summaiy; :-^- X/?orotiUko7 With re'fer^rioelt^tne 5 death of the boy ,-wjhp ; was- killed by ; lightning ,in Nichplson ■'"street, Melbourne, it appears he wasretwning from school yyvith ■■, his brother, Tarid while the latter, remained behind for a few riibiriehts to obtain a drink of water the deceased f ran pp.. t jSreptly afterwards a loud clap of thunder jvas Heard, and deceased fell dead upon the pavement , His clothes were; found) to: be torn to pieces and he smelt strongly, of sulphur. On removing his clothes the representation of a tree was fforind imprinted upon his fjtotQach with extraordinary fidelity. His hair was singed, and, his back blistered.- X During otie7pf ! t_e debates' in the Victorian.^ Assembly upon the estimates, Mr Service, in moving the reduction of a civil service item, argued " that, in this year of depression, when many people are cutting down expeufse^randfripnerare increasing their outlay,' it ..is riot right to raise any salaries above:£_oo peraririum." The traVbllidg-reporter of the Bendigo ; Advertiser states ithat in the district lying between Mitiaoio and Marring, and thence to Derby and Bridgewater,7tbe cropa. are very far advanced, and the account o£ their condition is, on the whole, of a veiy gratifying order, A crop of oats which, has been already cut arid threshed 7ne i ar r Bay. w-bpd Thas yieded at the rate pf.2BX bushels to the acrel The wheat; . m .. the Raywbod district is expected to yield 20 bushels .to the acre, which is as. much aa has ever been /Obtained there; and the oats 40 bushels. Locusts - : and cateipillars ; are committing depredations in some localities, and smut has also'made^ita appearance in a mild form,; but tho 4_riiaae t which has resulted froiri either plague has not been v&ry considbrableV ' The 7 intelligence regarding ihe Bndgeyv'ater diatrictis riot so .favorable as that from the generality of ; others, f.