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COUNTRY NOTES.
It is proposed to start ons of the Walcha flou ? mills With ne\V rollers,1 and a large number o .; ' wheat-growers have promised their support.
During a run of the Gunnedah cyclists on Sun Iv Qny. J. T. Sheehan, the well-known'' footballer, re
ceiyed a1 fall froth-his machine while; racing ddwi ; a h JU", sustaining'a broken collar-bone and <othe
injuries.
>' -¡...íÍAuothér--;deátavhás"taken place at.the^Moree Hoe
pl tal from consumption; This makes seven death ' from this disease within twelve months. The vic
tims, were two aboriginals, one. Chinaman, .thre ' Australian-born, and one native of Ireland.
The following statistics have just been obtain ed by the police for the wheat cultivation o ÏS9G lu the Glen lune.» district. The total arei under cultivation is 12,814 acres; area unde wheat for grain, 2793% acres, giving a yield o
50,188 bushels.
Our Nyngan correspondent says: The weathe ls keeping very dry, and the low state of the rive and of the dam is causing some anxiety. Th river has not run since the Hoods of last February The local couucil have considered it advisable ti discontinue .watering the streets...
At a meeting of the Dubbo P. and £ P. Board oh February 9 it was- decide to co-operate with the Cauonbar and Sydne; boards in any action they might take with rc gard to the appointment, and control-of stock ju speclors by the Civil Service Board. .At.,! ' .meeting of the'Dubbo Sheep Board, on the, sami
day, a similar decision was arrived at.
. At Singleton Miss Moister, late head mistres:
at the Girls' Superior Public School, was on Feb ruary 12 presented with an illuminated addres! and a handsome dressing-case by the pupils, oi tíccasicn of her rlea,ying to take up the duty of^mis ." tress at the "Superior Public School, Camdenville
Sydney. Mayor Robinson made the présentation Miss Macalpine, from the Tamworth School, sue
ceeds Miss Moister.
Our Gunnedah correspondent * writes: Mi T. R. yl-Iutchin, ' proprietor of . th "Namoi Independent" newspaper, has bee] Berved with a writ for slander by Mr - H. Hogarth, solicitor, and alderman, for publish
lng certain statements ;;made at the meeting o aldermen for the election of Mayor. It is rumore« that au attempt will be made to-upset the muni cipal elections, the grounds being the refusal o the returning officer- to allow aliens to vote thereat \Dr. Hutchings, the newly-elected Mayor o Young, succumbed to an attacltof typhoid fever oi f the afternoon of Feb. 12. ' His death caused pro
found regre,t,{ as the deceased was highly populai
-as a citizen. The doctor had evinced au interest in all local matters, though he did not take part in active public life until he became an alderman twelve months ago. He was connected .with many sporting and other institutions, and a most prominent member of the Burrangong Lodge and St.. John!^,:..Freemasons.
Our Moree correspondent, writing on Monday, says: Engineer Granter's survey party" has been withdrawn from completing' the survey of the .watercourse drainage scheme. Further work is impossible at presentías too much water is lying on the country. The party proceed tooday ,tb carry out a similar survey at Tantangara, in the Cooma district. The railway opjening having been indefinitely postponed, ä prominent official of the ebow committee considers-, that the celebration should be held on the show, dates, April 21 or 22.
; - At Cooma a peculiar accident occurred about 4.30
. on. Saturday .- af ternoon.\vv.Two S young-i: girls ' yvefé' standing opposite Stewards store, v/hen one
of them, aged 13,' .nanie'd Bell, suddenly became enveloped in flames. Her clothes were burnt to her. stays, as well' as her. . hair, . arms, and face. The skin was shrivelled up, resembling tissue paper. Mr. Stewart and others wrapped . the unfortunate girl in a blanket, and extinguished the flames. No one has any knowledge as to how the fire occur red. The cries of the child were piteous. "
Our Casino correspondent says: Olive's Hôtel, Myall Creek, was totally destroyed by fire on Sun day. The place was insured in the National of New Zealand for £450. . Milli's cattle, recently seized by Inspector Chauvel, have been released on payment of the costs, amounting to nearly £50. There are several cases pf typhoid fever in the town,.and sickness is prevalent. The local hos pital is fully occupied. A good fall of rain would be-of benefitrin this district, and is also wanted, badly for the late maize crops. The dairy indus try is going ahead. Several new creameries are to be erected, and prospects look encouraging.
At present there are two relief societies in Singleton, and for some time past it has been felt that they overlapped each other in the work of collecting funds and distributing charity. Re cently the committee of the Benevolent Asylum,
recognising the futility of two kindred organisa- I tidns working in a rather circumscribed sphere, propounded a.scheme for amalgamation with the Singleton Relief Society, and, as the idea was looked upon with favor by the latter, a confer ence is to be held between representatives of the two societies to foi m a basis upon - which to amalgamate their forces, so as ¿o secure better
results.
At the Lithgow Police Court on February 10 a young man named H. Sargent, a visitor from Sydney, was charged with wilfully : damaging the Jenolan Caves on Boxing Day by
smashing off a piece of stalactite. Mr. Wil shire prosecuted, and Mr. J. J. Lee pleaded guilty for the defendant, who did not appear. The caretaker of the caves. Mr. Wilson, gave evidence which proved the case. The magi strate said the offender deserved a severe pen alty to prevent others from doing the same thing The defendant was fined £3, and £1 each cost for three witnesses, and court expenses £4 18s or £8 18s in all. F. J. Wilson was sworn as á
special constable at the caves.
A good many of the children in Gunning are at present suffering from an epidemic of sore eyes . (writes our correspondent). Some call the ail ment pink blight. There Is a good deal of inflam mation and swelling about the eyes in the first stages of the illness, and afterwards the patients have to put up with imprisonment in the house for a week or more, as they cannot open their eyes, and in some instances there is a good deal of pain, as in sandy blight.-Mr. Shepherd, on his journey . through from Melbourno to Sydney on his bicycle,
[passed through hero on February 12, and was accompanied to within a few miles of Goulburn by Mr. H. Saxby, jun. The latter, on his return journey, met with a spill through a dog rushing out at him, and ho had his elbow badly grazed. The dog's throat was cut by the pedal of the bicycle, and an end thus put to Its Interfering yf\th
cyclists in future.
Dr. Murray died at / ^,'dale on Sunday from pa ralysla, The deceased . T , ox-Mayor, and Surgeon captain of the 1. Company of thc 4th Regiment president of the Freetrade Association, a honorar; member of the hospital staff, and president .of th Rugby Football' Unión. JThe doctor' always, tool an active interest in'every, publiç'movement here
Our.Singletoh correspondent writes: The weathe still remains very «warm and'dry. ,. The grass is all burnt up, and fodder is scarce. . Many stock owners are beginning to remove their cattle tc places where grass is inore plentiful.¿. The. Hun ter River is at preterit very low, and many ol the older inhabitants declare they never saw. it so sluggish. ... Several of. the main tributaries have dried up,1 and the Hunter itself is at niarij places only ankle deep.
At Maclean a serious accident Jiappanet on February 12 to Robert Thorne. Whili driving a meat cart the horse took fright and bolted. Part of the harness* breaking, the un fortunate man was thrown against a fence. Ir the fair he split one of. the posts of the fence, Thorne Ayas conveyed to the hospital, where il Avas found that several ribs had been broken and the right arm fractured, besides sustaining seve ral internal injuries. He lies in a critical state, -Mra. Janies Kirk, avery old resident of Chats worth, died- during-last week. Great sympathy is expressed for her husband and five sons and one daughter.--At M'Auley's Lead a man namoi T. Ronan had his thigh broken through a piece o reek weighing two tons falling on him.
At Tamworth -Alderman James Piper J.P., died shortly after midnight on Saturday. H had been in failing health for some time, and hi: demise Avas not unexpected. The deceased was 7! years of age, and waa one of the oldest resident of Tamworth.1 He has been a member of thi
borough council for over twenty years, and at "tin municipal elections held recently wa! re-elected unopposed for the Burke Ward. . Hi always figured prominently in every inovemen having for its object the welfare of the town b.
Tamworth ánd district. He was on two occasioní elected Mayor, and up to the time of his death ht was an energetic member of the hospital com mittee. The deceased gentleman was twice mar ried, and leaves a widow and a grown-up familj of ten sons and daughters. His funeral took plact on Monday, and was largely attended.
The continued dry weather is causing the mosi detrimental effects^ upon the agricultural and pas toral industries in this district (writes .our Kemp sey correspondent). During the*nionth of Janu ary only lin of rain Avas registered in Kempsey. It was the dryest January ever known in the memory of white residents, and this month so far the' drought has been accentuated by very hot
Aveather. The thermometer seldoms falls much below 80deg day or night, and if rain does not come soon serious financial loss will result. The feed is completely dried up, and the maize is ripen ing too fast, with the consequence that the cobs are not filled out enough, and the grain is pinched and small. Green vegetables are at a premium, and the farmers cannot plant feed for winter until the rain comes. Of late years we have suffered from too much moisture; but lt now appears as if we will get too much of the opposite weather con
ditions.
At the adjourned annual meeting of the sub scribers of the Lismore Hospital, held on Febru ary 9, the committee for the current year Ava's elected. There.were eighteen candidates nomi nated for fifteen seats; The attendance of sub scribers Avas not large, but a fair number .of ballot papers wore sent in. A discussion took place Avith regard to the'proposal to erect a pay ing ward, -the scheme being warmly advocated. The discussion_at times became very heated. The result of the voting" for the committee caused some surprise, as three candidates prominently connected Avith the hospital, including the Mayor, were left out, while three who have never been, associated with the institution Aver.e elected. The voting hinged on the paying ward question, and the result indicated that in the opinion of the subscribers it was not advisable. yet to expend
the funds in such Avork.
At the Lismore Police Court on February 10 a boy named Garrett, Avho recently arrived from the Clarence with his parents, Avas charged with uttering a counterfeit coin., Evidence was given to the effect that the boy went to the shop of a Chinese storekeeper at North Lismore, and'asked the-Chinaman to give him change for half a sovereign, handing over.a brass token, with the name ''E. Way, Pitt-street, Sydney," on it. The Chinaman Immediately said that it Avas not a half sovereign, but the boy said it was. On the Chinaman saying that he would send for a police man the boy ran aAyay. The Chinaman then handed the token to the sub-inspector of police. For the defence it was contended that the charge cculd not be one of uttering counterfeit coin, as the metal token was in no Avay intended to de ceive, but Ava« merely a medium for advertising, and could not deceive anyone. The bench dis missed the case.
The folloAving appointments are announced: Mr. George Martin, acting P.M. at Glen Innes, to be district registrar in bankruptcy and deputy licen sing magistrate at Glen Innes, Tenterfield, and Emmaville during the absence, on leave, of Mr. F. R. Wilshire, and to exercise at Glen Innes, Tenter field, Deepwater, Drake, Wilson's Downfall, Koo kaburra, and Emmaville the special powers autho rised to be given to police magistrates; Mr, John Leah, J.P., to be deputy licensing magistrate and visiting justice of the gaol at Cobar; Mr. Thomas Charles Kerr M'Kell, acting P.M., Tumut, to be deputy licensing magistrate and visiting justice at Gundagai, and district registrar in bankruptcy and coroner at Tumut, during the absence of Mr. C. L. C. Badham, P.M., and to exercise magistrate's special powers at Tumut, Adelong, Gundagai, and Tumbarumba; Mr. William Sise Howard, of Cobar, to be coroner at Cobar during the absence of Mr. T. C. K. M'Kell, P.M.
At the Armidale Hospital on Feb. 11 a man named Robinson Crusoe pleaded guilty to a charge of receiving property stolen from the Imperial Ho- tel, Armidale. On February 12 the accused was sentenced to two years and six months' hard labor. There were three former convictions against Crusoe. Richard Greentree, a youth, aged 16 years, was found guilty of indecently assaulting Alice Lever, aged 15½ years, at Guyra. The accused was sentenced to three months. The jury in the Rockvale larceny case were unable to agree, and were discharged on February 12. The accused McDowell was remanded to the next Armidale Quarter Sessions, bail allowed. Thos. Cooper, a witness in the case, was sentenced by Judge Coffey to three days in Armidale Gaol for appearing in court on Feb. 11 in a state of intoxi- cation and unable to give evidence, he having been detained in the lockup since then. In the case of Brigetta Morton, charged with stealing fencing wire at Cooney Creek, near Hillgrove, the jury found a verdict of not guilty. This concluded the
criminal business.
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Tho May police have received a telegram statin that a blacksmith named Schroder, a resident < Hatfield, had been found dead on the road betwee Gol Gol and Clare Stations. The deceased's, do was found dead near thc body. It is supposed tin
both died from thirst.
Thc Hay Quarter Sessions was - coi eluded at a late hour on Saturday, when Dem Pallon, a well-known .back-block identity, was ac quitted on a charge- bf passing counterfeit coli viz., a glided.shilling, on a Chinese fruit hawke at the Mount Elliott Race Moetlng.. Fallon wa immediately re-arrested on,,another chf^rgo of .th
same character.
Our Rylstone correspondent-writes: An old an respected resident of Dungaree, , named Antoni Wessell, committed suicide by "taking1 strychnin on Sunday. The deceased was a colonist of for ty-seven years' standing, and at the time of hil death was 78 years of age. Some considerabh time past the deceased had been failing ii health, and this is thought to have preyed oi his mind, causing him to commit the rash act An inquest was held on Monday, before Mr. ^Jv Taylor, J,P., the local coroner-,- and, after th« evidence had been taken, the jury returned- i verdict that the deceased had come by his deatl through poison, self admininstered.
At the inquest on -February 12 at Albjrr on the fire which recently occurred at the sho] of F. Sigg, a well-known local baker and grocer some extraordinary evidence was given. Arthu Collins, a baker, formerly employed by Sigg swore that he had been offered £25 by Sigg t< burn down the property, which, with stock, wa insured in the Sun Office for -£700. - The offer he alleged, was made two years ago. Sigg, oi the other hand, gave evidence that Collins sug geste'd that he should have the place burnt Collins said he had burnt down houses in Eng land for £10 each/ and suggested that Slgj should give "him £10 to fire his property. Th< jury returned a verdict that the premises wer wilfully fired, but the evidence did not show b:
whom.
In the Albury Small Debts Court on Februarj 10 Frederick Clarke, a law clerk, sought to recovei from Wolf Cohen, a jeweller, the sum of £10, foi d? mages caused through a dog rushing at a bicy cle which the plaintiff was riding, causing hin to fall and break his arm. Plaintiff's case was
'that on July 18 last, while riding past the de
fer.dant's premises, a dog rushed out and colli ded with his bicycle, throwing him, and breaking his arm aiid damaging his bicycle. The defend ant submitted that the dog was the property Qi his son-in-law, but judgment was given for thc full amount claimed, with-30s costs. The soli citor for the defence raised the point that thc Dog Act, under which the Jçeeper of the dog. was held to be the owner of the same, had only been extended to the city of Sydney and the towns of Parramatta and Windsor, and that the Albury Court had no jurisdiction. The police magistrate intimated that if the point had been taken at thc commencement of the-proceedings the plaintif! might have failed. ,
Robert J. Salmon, assistant town clerl at Goulburn, died on February ll fron .the effects o£v a bullet in . his brain On January 25 he was apparently sicken ing for typhoid fever,, and his medical attendant had recommended his removal to the hospital, where he could be better looked after. -It-appears this had a depressing effect upon his mind, as it is stated that he mentioned J»e never would cornie out of the hospital alive. His mather was nursin'g him, arid when she removed some cups from the .bedroom,. he being alone reached over to a drawer in "a'table, and taking."out a revolver shot himself in the right temple while in a delirious state. Thé bullet travelled across the forehead without injur ing any of the vital arteries or nerves bf the brain. The wound was probed for several inches, but the doctors could not locate the bullet, and held the ^opinion' that recovery was hopeless, as nothing ^could be done to remove the missile. 'He with stood the fever attack, but recently danger ous symptoms asserted themselves. Ho became subject to attacks of rigor,.-and was partly uncon scious, gradually sinking. He was aged 25, and leaves a wife and young child. In his office of as sistant town clerk he was painstaking and cour teous, and was universally liked.
The Hay Quarter. Sessions were commenced on February 12, and continued on February 13, be fore Judge Merewether. John Edward Roache, an elderly man, who pleaded guilty to three charges of false pretence's by means of valueless cheques, was sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment in each case, the sentences to be con current. John Edward Darling was charged with cemmitting an abominable offence at Balranald, arid was, after a long retirement by the jury, found guilty of an attempt. The prisoner is a young man with a wife and child, and, in con sideration of the previous good character of the accused, a sentence of twelve months' imprison ment was imposed. Frederick Siedenburg, a young man, who was chaiged with the larceny of a calico sign at Narrandera, was found guilty of receiving. The accused stated that he had found the sign in a creek, and that he had rescued it, and washed it before using it. The jury, when they retired, took the sign with them, and tested the lettering by putting a part of the sign in a glass of water, when the color ran. They brought it back to the court, and a glass of blue water with them. Their verdict was against accused, who refused to be dealt with by the Magistrates Court, and was sentenced to three months, but the sentence was suspended under the. First Offenders
Act.
The annual meeting of the Dubbo Mechanics' Institute was held on Feb ruary ll. The report showed an in crease of membership and of funds on the year. Severe strictures were passed on the Go vernment for its action in finally resuming tho site granted more than twenty-one years ago for tho purposes of a Mechanics' Institute. Tho land was let by the trustees on a building lease, they intending to get some substantial brick buildings put on it, which would eventually re vert to the institute. The lessee chose to erect an hotel, and the trustees found they had no power to prevent him doing so. The Govern ment during the past twenty years has received over £G0O in licensing fees for the building, while the institute has only got a peppercorn rent of ls a year. The Government characteris ed the ejection of an hotel as a breach of trust, and resumed tho site. A deputation waited on tho Minister for Lands, but could only secure a promise that when the property was sold part of the proceeds would be handed over to the insti tute on consideration of the building improve ! riients. , The deeds of the site have been re
turned to Sydney. The action of the Minister is considered very unjust, as, at the worst, it was only an error of judgment on the part of
the trustees.
Tho stoamor Burrawong, whioh wont ashore
' near Kempsey recently, was successfully lloated
oit on February 10.
Tho roads between Pambula and Cooma are in a dreadful otate, owing to recent raiuB. The bridge lias been washed away.
Some rofuso in-tl^o old workings of tlfe Greta Colliery took'fire on Fob. ; 10, but .tho outbreak was subdiied hy the .offloiftla next day., , , ( .
A supply oE ártoáian'water has been Btruck on Kallara Station, in the Wilcannia district, at a i depth of 160ft, the flow being- 24-OOgal por hour.
At tho ¡ Lismore iPolicó Court on February 10 a boy named Garrett was charged with uttering a counterfeit coin. Tho bench dismissed the case.
Mr. Richard Charles Nicholas, a member of last year's crmmvttee of tho A.M.A., died. in the Broken Hill'Hospital on February 10 of typhoid.
The Government is erecting two^iron buckled plate tanks at Pine Ridge water shafts in the Wyalong district. Each tank holds 20,000 gal
lons.
;The half-yearly meeting of the West Maitland Half-Holiday Association WBB held on Feb. ll,
when Mr. Charles E. Wilks was elected president. . "
A Crown land salo will bo hold nt Wyalong on March 2, when several "Yalgogrin town allotments will * be submitted at the upset prices of 50s and GOs per quarter acre. !
Tho Broadwater mill has finished oru3hing. Tho seaton lasted nearly seven months, during .which 140,000 tons of cane wero crushed, which is the,record tor a single season. .
. Tho* exports from Kempsey for »he last month were: Mtuze, 14^215 bags; onions, 93 bags; potatoes, 2341 bags; hides, 339; cream, 1178 cans ; and a large quantity of sundries.
What i's claimed to bethe record pino log of the Casino district has been delivered-at Arm strong and Royse's sawmills, Tatham. Tho log in question is 22ft long, and contains 2509ft of
sound timber.
Owing to the failure of the fruit crops this season the Cabramatta aud Canley Vale Council have carried ont improvements to the Canley Vale-road by day labor, thus providing work for a number of tho growers.''
! At the inquest on the body of the child Jessie : Rixon, who waa drowned in tho Boga Riverton
Feb. 7, thejury returned a verdict of .accident I ally drowned. Tho body was found about a mile
from where ehe fell iu.
A little boy named Reginald White, eon of Mr.. G. Whito, of High-street, Penrith, was knocked down by a steam merry-go-round on February ll and fell on to an iron spike, inflicting a severe gash just below the right knee 3in long.
Tho inquest on the body of tho mah found afc Dungay, in the Murwillumbah district, haa been adjourned. Tho lo ly has not been identified, but it is supposed to be that of a man namedWilcocks, a pensioner. Foul play is suspected.
An oflicial visit of inspection." haB been paid-by the Minister for Agriculture, and the PoStniaster Genöral, to tho Wagga Experimental Farm. Tho visitors were met by Mr. George Valderj the manager of the farm, and conducted dyer, the various c?epartmehts.' Mr. Smith was very favor- : ably impressed with the work- performed.
The Attorney-General haa declined'to prose cute in the case of ThoiuaB Ford, who waa
charged with assault, and whose case waa ad-, journed from the last Tamworth Quarter Sessions, and in that of Stewart Donald Ryrie, committed to take his trial at the Gundagai Quarter Sessions on a charge of cattle-stealing.
At Condobolin, two brothers named Bora, selectors, and a colored inan named Kimberley, their servant, have been commitled for trial at Forbes on a charge bf inflicting grievous bodily harm on Sam Sukio and Ah Lung, Chinese ring barkers. Ah Kop, a Chinese storekeeper, for as sault with intent on Ah Hon, was also committed for trial at Forbes.