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"VICTORIA
£Erom our own Correspondent.j
Melbourne, Hay 13.
. The document found in the bottle which
JWSS picked up atPortland, and referred to
the wreck of the Knowseley HalT on Crozet
Island, was examined to-day by experts, who
were unanimously of'opinion, that it was a
hoax.
A young lady got into a cab at 12 o'clock
last night at Carlton, and tlie driver oon- .
▼eyed her to a distant portion of the suburbs
and attempted violence. The police attracted
by her cries, came np and arrested him. He i
was brought before the Police Conrfc to-day \
and sentenced to sis months' imprisonment, j
'The yacht race between the schooner May j
Queen and the cutter Secret was won by the j
latter by about six miles.
Melbourne, May 14 j
A meeting of merchants, millers, and others j
./was held to-day to consider the question of |
the establishment of a corn exchange in Mel- -J
bourne. Mr. David Gibson was in the chair, j
JL SuB-COinmittee was appointed to report to;a^
Mature meeting' on the' possibility of ac-'j
copiplislung the object.
Melboarne, May IS. !
Clark, the draper; at Hotham, on whose i
premises a fire recently occurred, and who was i
charged with arson, has been discharged.
The design of Hochgruntel for a fountain
in tlie Exhibition grounds has been accepted.
The cost" of the fonntaio will be £800.
■ ~ Melbourne, M&y 16.
The morning papers yesterday were in error '
in the statement that the lad Allison, the'
Theatre Xtoyal employe, was dead. It was ,
alleged fchefc he had died of tetanus, WopTJiis is i
incorrect, as he -has .quite recovered, and has. j
left the hospital. ' ~ I
Six additional cases of measles in a. family ■
at Richmond were reported to the Central
Board of Health yesterday. , The -usual
precautions have been adopted. PifteenTcases
of diphtheria are reported at Penshiiret % one
has been fataL
A telegram has /been received announcing
the death of 3Teili Black, an old colonist and
equatter in the Western District.
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