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BLACK ALL. A meeting of the lvaxgoolnah Divisional Board waa held on Monday afternoon hut, when there were present: Mtesra. Niall, (chainnaD) C. Gray, W. Ford, D. Badge, and E. Mackenzie. A proposal came before the for streets formation at IWejJdiot ; the Board decided, however, tt w :s im[»i!itic for then to take action, tbe contract having been let, and work comjj^ei,cvd by tbe con t -actor. A cam of £7 10=*- « && ordered to be paid to Mr. Ely land, of B&rcaldine, being a refund of money expended by him in town improve ment*. Messrs. Badge and Gray were authorised to sign cheques as due on account of formation of Btreets at Baxcalduie, up to £76, on value of the metal received by the fOOtraCtor, Mr. Cumin, A special meeting
will soon be called for the consideration cf travelling (stock roads. Ibe road overseer was instructed to report on Mr. CoV.en'e application for t road to his ejection on the j south tide of the Batvoo River. Own. re of! wild pigs are to be cautioned by the Clerk, j &g to these Animals stiayiug oo the reserves. ] The Board decided not to entertain an spplica- 1 tion from Mr. Cronin for compensation tor losa sustained by him thioagh the Hail way De partment not allowing him to take ballast on his first coins to Richmond f--r tbe sume. Tbe Clerk wu instructed to write to Mr. F. R. Murphy, ML ^, and to the Government concerning the Jericho bore, and to the Minister for Lands relative to the Black atl- Lonie Road. The Bitting lasted some hoars, moat of the time being occupied in discussion on the street improvements. During the last twelve daj s, the following movements have come under the notice of the Town Clerk:— On the 2Stb ultimo there crossed the Town Reserve 33,000 Alice Downs ewes, the property of Messrs. Wbittingham Bros., travelling to Wiilandra Station, New South Wales, Mr. Thomas Jones in charge. On tbe day following S00 store bullocks, Mr F. Anning owner, Mr. John Clements in charge, travelling to Wodonga, On tbe 1st instiDt, 13.500 wethers, from Evesham, For Cunnamulla, Messrs. Cobb and Co. owners, The programme of Blackall athletic sports, to be held at Mr. Mos&'b selection on Satur day, the 9th day of November, will thortly be published. The principal event will be the BlackslI Athletic Sporta Club Handicap, to be run in heats, 100, 150, and 200 yards, and de cided by points. The first man will get a tenner, the second three pound', and the third one pound. About £45 in all will be contested for, Mess:B. D. Budge aid Alfred Gib be have been apoointed judges, and Mr. S. Tolano hon. Secretary and Treasurer. The evidence in the inqniry as to the cause of the death of Honora Smith, wife of John Smith, one of Cobb and Cu's grooms, which occurred on the 27th ultimo, at Skeleton Creek, ia not to my mind boi table for your readers. Briefly the cai-e may be thus — and dramatis persoiur, A woman on the eve a traveller of a 'ehouting' disposition. An evening spent by all in drinking, about a do&en large bottles of ale, and occasional nips of spirits, and what wonder the final act next morning — a dead woman? Bat the discovery of the body of & cEild, first seen the day after the death of i be woman, when her body was being placed in its coffin, is horribly realistic The depositions have been sent to the Minister for Justice, and what proceedings may yet be taken in the matter must await his decision. The husband— Smith— was away tt the time of the death, at his camp on the Black ill -Jericho Bead ; but he gave evidence at the inquiry, and swore that the midwife made a demand on him *j'*f* the death for payment of her Mr. W. Kewley, the Secretary of the ^hearers' Union, has gone to Burenda station, the acune of the late row between Union e hearers and the manager of the fetation, Mr. Hood. Tbe position taken up by the latter waa undoubtedly sound. If the Union are to decide what particular men owners of stations are to employ, they might with as much reason determine npon tbe way the station should be managed. Mr. Hood niched to employ Union Bbearers ; but he firmly ob jected to being dictated to as to which par A good pathway has recently been made in Violet-street, from the corner of Shamrock to Hustle Street ; tbe work baa kept a few men at work for some little lime, and reflects credit upon the Municipal Council. Oar local quadrille ;-&s?mbly have issued to be held at the Town Hall on Friday next i be expensed will be bom* by a few gentle man, who voluntarily promised to defray them, with a view of giving our IflJy friends a pleasant eveoiog'e aniustment. It is asioniah object started here. The Sports Committee obtained nearly £40 after a fe v hours c&uvass of tbe town, and the Rev. Mr. Hillier tells me the hoc Treaeurer to the Committee of the Presbyterian Church receivtd last month '.off-anis tbe stipend fund between £90 and £100. Messrs, D. Bodge and Company report business as being fairly brisk. In conjunction with other agents they have induced a buyer to inspect 23,000 wethers out Winton way, and are expecting to complete tbe sale of 800 store bollocks to a New South Wales buyer ; tbe purchaser buving on Mr. Badge's approval. They lately* sold 240 rama to Messrs. Mofiat Bros., of Bloemfield Station, the vendors being Messrs. Whittingliam Broa., of Alice Downs; also, 160 acres of freehold land to Mr. Duncan Johnson. An offer to inspect a Well known western station at £90.000 «ras refused by the outers. Horses are «till dull of £~!e, but inquiries are good fnr wethers, particularly fur those rising 6-tooth. Mr. John Dryad*Ie, travelling in the ioterestB of the Pastoral, Finance, Trust, and Agency Company of Australasia, Limited, has been successful in obtaining application for a large portion of the balance of nnilloted sharee of the Company. Air. James M'Ciil.och, the contractor, has oeariv completed tbe additions to- Mr. Lane's Tattentlk Hotel. Under one roof of beet galvanised iron are three very spacious loose boxes, lar^e coach bouse, harness room for the public, divided at present into compart ments for tbe benefit of the folio winc Bta tifcDS : — Northampton, ilalvern. Delta, Lome, Tetriub, Li&towel, and A.vington. ft private harneue room for the owner's nae, a sleeping rtiom for ' bojts,' and lumber room. * On the evening of the 8th the dead body of a man, since identified as John Cuter, an I Englishman about I'iny-nve years of age, was ' found near the Town Dam. On Wednesday a j post mortem fT»min*tinn wu nude by Dr}]
Button, an ehqniry held, and the deposition* fol-wanieJ to the authorities ia Brisbane. It iB generally surmised that the unfortunate man died from the effects of drink. The weather has been very changeable of late, for the past three nights cold enongh to require extra blankets i to-day has been warm and cloudy, with indications of rain. Mr. Merrifield, tbe well known wool claaser, is busily engaged classing the Btud sheep at Northampton Dowds ; after his work in com pleted these sheep will be shorn with the Woseley machines. BlackaU, 9th October, 1S69.