SUPPLEMENTARA TELEGRAMS.

West Coast Times, Issue 1972, 25 January 1872, Page 2

SUPPLE MENTARA TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, Jan. 16. During a severo thuudorstoni, Major Heath's bouse at Geelong was fired by a discharge of electricity. Tho Woaleynn School at St. Kilda was struck ; tho children were uninjured, but the windows were broken. James Smith, journalist, is advocating spiritism. Tho sou of Dr Ray, at St. Kilda, fell into a vat of boiling beer in a brewery. He is since dead. The Zavistowakis aro coming* to New Zealand. The Menero gun is to be tried. The German warship, Nymphe, is still here. There was an imposing funeral of one of the men, who died in th# hospital. The Carlton rifle baud played to the grave. Broadstuffs and grain market unchanged. The Stawoll reefs are yielding well. A crushing 1 of 1400 tons from the> Cross Reef yielded at the rate of two ounces to the ton. The latest telegram from England state?, that all hopes of the Prince of Wales are abandoned. Tookoys, unchanged and dull of sale. Arrived — Aborigine. Sailed — Maguet, Fiery Cross. Sydkey. The news of the Priuce of Wales' situation has caused much sensation. Markets dull. The Waimea wa-s wrecked in Richmond River. The subscriptions to the fire reliaf fund amounts to £347. Steady seasonable rains have set in. Wheat, os 4d to 5o 6d. Arrived— Nebraska, W. C. Wentworth, John Knox. Newcastle. Arrived— Hercules. Sailed— FawH. AdklalD:-:. Country flour, £11 ss, large sales; wheat, ss. Sailed — Rita, Brisbane. Arrived — Ottawa.