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LOCAL NEWS.

Suooessfcl Students.— Among the successful candidates at the recent University Esamluitioun, we are pliaied to notice the name of Mr. P. D. O'Brien, B.A., who hu passed his Coil LL.B. examination. Mr. O'Brien is » son of Mr. Juinca O'Brien, of Belle Vne, »o I r:oeived uis.edu ation ut St. Joseph's College, Huct?r'a Hill, going from there to St. Johu'a College University. As a student he has been very successful, lining gained his B.A. degree al oat a year ago. The LL.b. which he has just gained completes his course at the Uni

versity, and entitles him to admission as * banister of the Supreme Court. He is, u-e believe, the first Braidwoodite to aclieive this distinction, ao 1 we wish our young fiiend a prosperous career iu hi« profession. Mr. P. II. Louis, son of Mr. Louis, of Farrington, was also successful in the intermediate examination in the Faoulty of Law in the recent University exam., being third ou the iisi , In Roman Law aud Jurisprudence he passed second, and in Constitutional Law and International Law ' he vat fifth on the list. Mr. Louis huR blill to pies the examination in which Mr. O'Brinn was success ful before be becomes entitleJ to -lon the wig and gown as a full-fhged barrister. Mr. Louie lias during bis studies ut the Univen.iiy a'mi svveMl scholarships and successfully passed cveiy examina tion at the first try. Lectures.— The Rev. J. S. Dub*on delivered a lecture on Friday evening of I tat week ut Jeinliai cumbene in the Assembly Hall ; subject, 'General- ship.' There -was a good attendance. The proceeds. Is admission, were to be devoid to the! repair of the village church. Mr. W. Keys Look the chair. The rev. gentleman repeated the lecture at Bell's Creek on Tuesday night, in the church there, which wan also well attended, Mr. F. Gamin taking the chair. The lecture ou both occasions occupied a little over an hour. The lecturer drew illustrations bearing upon his subject from both military and naval matters and also in respect to every day affdirs, business nutters, Hnd family and domestic arrangements, which he enlivened with anecdotes of an amusing character. The lectures were listened to with the greatest attention and votes of thank* accorded to the lecturer. The Removal op Cattle For Grass.— The continuance of the drought, which Mr. Russell some time since assurred us we had esen the last of for some years to come, is presenting a more serious outlook for the winter than perhaps during any previous drought that has ever been experienced in this part of the country. The farmers and grazieiB are in a regular fix as to what they are to do with their cattle. It is not this year, as is often the case, that the farmer has only himself to blame for overstccking. The badsoaeonswe have had in iu;ceeeion have caused them to red ace the number of their stock as much as possible, besides the losses which took place from starvation last winter. The summer just going out has not given sufficient grass to support anything like the reduced number, however, and the absence of the autnmu rain has put a clincher on matters and took away the list prop upon which etockowners were depending for having a, little giuse to tide them over the winter. Every one in the barren parts of the district— for in the eastern hills and beyond Krawarree to the Jinden and the Bidgei the country is splendidly grassed — is looking out for a rendezvous for them tu fly to. The country between the table-land and the coast, from the Turpentine near Yalwell, to the Sassafras, thence to YadLo-o, Brimbramalla, and Currawaog, thence arouud the heights of Buckeubour and back to Monga and Korthangera, is being Stocked throughout the whole way with cattle, and not from the Braidwood district alone. They are pouring in from Qneanbeyan and Bungendore side also. Mr. Powell of Bungeadore has sent 300 head over to the Sassafras, overlooking the Milton dis trict, and further mobs are on the way, we hear, to the same locality. Some 300 head have been sent to Nor'.hangera. Other farmer's lots are on their way to Currawang and Brimbramalla, where land has been taken up uuder annual lease. These cattle will all require to have stockmen to look after them, and will not hi got back from their winter quarters without en'ailiug some cost to their owners and considerable loss in their numbers.

Roman Catholic. — The Rev. J. J. Ahem, who has been appointed to Hay, left Braidwood on Thursday evening laBt to visit some of his friends in the Cainden district. From thence he will proceed to Syiney, and will return to Braidwood to bid good-bye to his many friends here before fiuully taking his departure to bis new sphere of labors on the 7th April. MrNERAL Leases. — Fhe undermentioned appli cations for mineral leases of Crowu lands have been refute I : — J. Channon, three leaseB of 80 acres each, parish of Tonga. Musical Magazine.— The Christmas number of Nicholson and Co's, 'Australian Magazine' has run into its fourth edition, a fact which shows that it hat secured the heart; appreciation of lovers of music. The magazine contains 22 popular songs, both, comic and sentimental, and is published at U. Obituary. —Mrs. Morgan, the wife of Mr. Thomas Morgan, formerly of BaU&laba, bat now of Captain's Iflat, died in Braidwood - o Wednesday from a complication of diseases. The deceased has been a sad sufferer for about six years. The funeral touk place yeeterdav afternoon, her remain! bting interred in St. Bede's cemetery. llIE CllUBCH AND SCHOOL LANDS CoNFEBKNOK. —The Town and Country tbis week publishes a photograph of the group of delegates to the recent Church and School Lands Conference in Sydney. The likenesses *?{ Messrs. John Breen, John Kennedy', Arthur Fooley and John Allen are particularly good. Those of Messrs. T. McUjwall and S. Bustingtbwaigbte, or even of Mr. Austin Chapman, are scarcely so striking. A snap shot of tbe more prominent members are real gems, one of oar BrnSdwood men being included. The Wolf at the Door.— 'Hop' in tbis week's Bvtletinbwa. cartoon strikingly illustrative of the financial position of tbe great mother colony. Awolt bat one loot on the door of tbe Treasury and the other pressing the button commuuieatfDg with the bell, whilst Mr. Reid is looking out of tbe window furtively at the animal. He exclaims, ?'Great Scott 1 There's that, animal again. I must fix up some disguise for him before June and make people think he's a lainb.' Au item from a daily paper points the moral, as follows t~ ' The N.S. W. public expenditure {or the first eight months of tbe financial year was £442,000 greater than the revenue. The Premier still hopes to end the year with a substantial surplus.' SlWCUKG Toes. — At tbe latter end of last week Mown. B. 3. C. Moddre'l, senr., and H. F. Waddrell, accompanied by Miss Violet Maddrell, Misi'fcUckellaraod Master H. Maddrell, started from Braidwood on a cycling tour through the coast district. They went via Nelligen, thence through Milton, Nowra, Berry, Kiatna to Wolfon gong. Tbe trip was a most enjoyable one through out, not a single accident occuring to mar the ' pleasure of the tourfrU. From Wollongong they took tbe train to Sydney, and arrived home on ' . 'i'hnrsday cvrolng list, baring ridden tbsjr ??????? -Jtlk«t'Mom lK*go,

Annual Leases,— Applicuiojs have liceu made at tbe Lands Office, linidwoo.t this week, for annual leases, as under : —A. Carpenter, G4CT acres, parish Monga ; W. Jurvis, f40 acres, parish MoBga ; George Hush, 640 seres, paiish Tomboye. Transfer of Publican's License. — A transfer of the license of James O'Brien to Thomas Pooley, for the Royal Hotel, Brnidwood, was granted by the Licensing Bench yesterday. The Ginqahoka Races. — Mr. Griffith, the hon. Secretary of the Gingamona (' Jinglemoney' is a corruption of the aboriginal name), aided by the Committee, ia doing his very best to make the affair a sucoess. Mr, Griffith showed us yesterday the trophy, a silver cake tray, which Mr. AustiD Chapman, M.P., has presented as an addition to the prize for the winner of the Hospital Handicap. It is a very handsome piece of plate. The course at Gingamona is the beet in the district with the exception of the Braidwood course, being on nice level ground, a mile and a quarter round, with a straight run home, and having the additional advantage of situation in being a convenient dis tance from town. It is an old trainiog track mat ked out by the late Mr. John Mackellar, who was a breeder and luver of good horses and one of the finest of sportsmen in his day, when racing was a popular pastime amongst us and before it wsb reduced to a mere business of gambling. With a fine day and with the good object to which tbe proceeds are to be devoted, the day's recieation on the other side of the river ought to turn out a very enjoyable one and draw a good attendance. Nominations for the Jinglemoney and Hospital Handicaps close on

the 7-h April. Mining at Majoii's Creek.— Mr. Holmes is dowu 80 feet with the shaft he is putting down on Connelly's oil reef, near tbe Snob's. The sinking is in hard rock. Mr. Holmes expects to strike the reef at 100ft. to which depth he has Government, aid. His son, Mr. Joseph Holmes, is driving at a level of 60 feet in the Young Australia reef anil getting out stone, which he will be sending to the crushing machine in a few days. This is one of the reef* from the headings of ivbich Mr. Jacqiut, Government Geo logical Surveyor, recently found specimens of rich eiKer-bearibg stone, an-l it would be worthwhile fculunitting the ciiiceutrkl.es to a special assay treatment for that mineral.

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