Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864), Monday 14 April 1862, page 2


THE NORTHERN MAILS.

OUR Maryborough, Gladstone, Rockhampton and Port Denison correspondence is necessarily left over until to-morrow, but we give here a brief summary of the principal

items of news :

MARYBOROUGH.

The Customs' revenue for the month of March amounted to £892 6s. 7d. and for the quarter ending with the 31st of that

month to £2020 1s. 9d.

The exports from the port of Maryborough for the quarter ending 31st March, amounted to £60,727, and the imports to £26,973, showing a balance in favor of the port of £33,754. Great

dissatisfaction is being created by the non-attention of the. local magistrates

to their duties.

The demand for house accommodation in Maryborough is increasing. No tenement

is unoccupied.

The races this year promise to be of a first-class character. One prize will amount

to £100.

Very heavy rains have fallen in the Wide Bay and Burnett districts, but the last week has been fine.

GLADSTONE.

Our correspondent says that he has nothing further to report with regard to the alleged gold discovery on the Calliope. A small party went out after the return of the first, but were compelled to return with only a small quantity of gold, owing to the heavy rains. It was reported that Capt. O'connell had fitted out a party. A mob of Chinamen were expected from Sydney to try

their luck.

The inhabitants of Gladstone talk of petitioning for municipal government.

There has been fearful weather in the dis-trict such a heavy fall of rain as had never

been known there before in so short a time.

The Calliope and Boyne both rose very high, and flooded large portions of the district. At M'Millan's, Clark's, and Bell's stations, t they were compelled to leave the head ela(Mons for shelter. "A considerable number of

sheep have been washed away, and öno"p33r" man lost his life in crossing a creek near

Bell's.

The reports from King's mine still continue to be most satisfactory. Twenty or thirty additional miners were soon to be employed.

The Eagle (s.) arrived at Gladstone on the 5th, and the Jenny Lindon the 9th,