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WEATiiHEt FORlECAST.
The foelowing [oricast for New South
Walso was issoed last night by tile Colu
monweatll i)i'islonl Mleteornlogiet:
Some further SoCttered hlowers on the
coast and it places on tile tablelands,
and becoming cloudy inland with thsn
dery conditions anl Feome rein develop
ing durlng the next t6 hours, but cheflcly
in the routhern areas; mild north-west
to north-east wint?, fresh tlld eutally on
parts of Ihe coautet.
An eagle, the winuc of which men
cured 7ft 31n from tip to tip. was shlot
nfar Liasmore a few days ago, as it
wans flyingl awry with aL fowl.
EnJoycbile weather conditions ruled .at
New'astlie yesterday morning. Clouds
Workod up early in the ofternoon, and at
nfight a few spots of rain tell. The maxi
mum temp?ratluere wnes G6 degrees.
The dairy herd of a retulrned soldier
In the )Dapto district was oldl by nuction
on Frlday last, and averaged 25s piur'
hand. The highest price realised w0s
43, and the lowest 20 Cd. Horses chang
ed hands at prices ranging from £0 105
to 10s.
Mr. S. W. f. tMcGregor, senior Brirt
ibh Trade Conmmissioner in Auctralia,
left for London by tho f.M.t. Orvieto
on Saturday. In hit alusence the ecr.
vic In AustralhL will be uupervlccd by
Mr. J. S. Strong, at present officer in
charge at Sydney.
Mr. W. I. Rold piuaod his final exami
noatlion last week, and woas admitted by
tho Full Court on Friday to practise as
a solicitoer of the Supreme Court of New
South Wales. He cerved his article
with iMr . J. D Relid, of Newcastle, and is
a eon of the late Mr. WV, A. Rold, sollcl
tor.
Itlas stated in Sydney that air. FI. C'.
T. Tremlett, whoi actd as soecretary to
the Premier's Department during the ah
pence of Mr. C, II?hy in England, has been
tppointedi asosstant secretary to tlhe Pru
mler's Department. It Is unldretood that
if Mr, -ay Is appointed to a higher posl
tion---wtlch is probable-i-Mr. Tremlett
will fill the vacancy.
-:'Theo now Comnmonwealith 100 notes will
be put into clrculatlon by the Common
d~alth lBank to-dlay. Tho predormilnating
colour lof the note is brown, and it is
slightly smaller in size than the old 100
note,' In order that it can be roeadily dis
tiulieihed from notes of other denomlna
tions, It will still have the words " lalf
o;overoig" In rod on the mnargin.
Ai. draft: ofl 1200 head of Queoensluand
cattle, sold at lIomcbush last weeook, tra
velled over 100 miles before they wero
trucl:ol, and their Journey by rall wra
1200 minlles. They Iad to hbe taken from
the train three times to 'be dipped In
accordance with the tick regulations.
Only:one beast, was Injured on the jour
noy, and they averaged £22 a head.
hMr. Sp;nce, Dircutor of Finance, hnas
gvne itt'1s etul.ed, instructions by Sir
Arthiur Cohks, State Treasurer, to close
the: Sydney Mint. By tile endc of the year
operatlons will hanveo entirely canerd. It
Ise-ipccted tLhat an anliouncemolltt will be
made within the course of a few days,
od tho omplcyees will then be given
notce of termlunation of their services.
'The American warshlip Mllwaukbc, after
o staoy of eight days, left Sydcney yestor
day. Tile warship man~do a fineo plcture na
shle stealmnedl down the. harbour In the
bright sunlight, ond pansed into tihe Ircl
lc Occan. One of the crow, Ensign Niech-.
olnem, who melot with an accident a few'
doys ago, Is still con-ined to Syd'mey l-lou
iltal. He will return to Amerlea when
0e r1covrO. -,
ID. Falliln, aged 23 yearo, mana.ger of
Redhtend Colliery, was coming to Now
cotlt iI Il motor car on Saturdny
night vwith the intention of going to Dell
bird, whoen he collided wlith a tramn
motor on thie UnHamilton line. Ho suu
tained a puncturedi wound on the right
nlole. The oar wa. 'adtly damaged. The
alnih'luonc rondeilred lr!.t aid and took ]lhI
to the Newoastle Hiosplital.
A now wing of he Bianhkstown Publli
School was oponllcod by Mr. Biruntnoll, te
2Minister for Education, on Saturday. The
building ,wili accomlmodalo :IS4 piupils.
T'here are over 1000 cholhrs, antd even
with the now aiddition there is still a
criamping of lte,. Tile dlnlsloter solid
I did nlot mnlild how mnlly Iaftetrnoons lhe
tlpont opening nehools, so long as the
money could hbe found for the bu!iding of
schools.
'The scehsmograpl aIt ilvorvlew Obscrvan
tory rccrdeltlie aovero earthquake on Slat
urday nIght. FIther P'ligott snted that
the origitn teCrlncd to ble In the vicinity of
Tekle, It was not polssible to accurately
determl!ne thie location, 11but it 1wn due
inorth of Sydney, at the dlistlneo of 471JO
mlles. Ilo oxpretsed thle opinion tlat
the 'qollite would htVO boon eoriott
enooughi to le recorded on verly selslmo
grnph in theo world.
Irrankl Ec'lnman, aged 22 yearn, n linen
man, temployed Iby thle lPosial Diopirt
llont, and lvilig In Collrge-street, Stock
l1n, w111s Wtrlirnlg on polo Ini li ICltikhlmll
i S.Lttlurdaiy whenl he came in contaoct
with it "live" wire lnd euniitiilned burno
In both Iltnlls antd lt elo ufered fromt
slhoclk. Tihe Newcatlio Allbtll;ace Trillans
Ioi. rrigllde retidoerld lirst aid, anlld con
vyed him1 t ho ei Noacatllo Hoepital,
froln where, a|trli treatlenlllti lo wit1s
tllowecd to go ltorte.
Very sovere condlllonl are boeing ex
0orltoeed over ipanrts of the Norlthl Coast
Itstrilct. Soein PearIerts nostcl't that
I itlt boon the rotghiett wItLter 'int:Oe
the daltiryilg industry became tluitc a
ilomln1ant factor In the prosperity of
the district. The Lismorto leltiotl of
Ihe district has for eonlo tino been ox
perlclncling cold woe!terly Wtind, whicl
ltove clteoked the growth of hoeurbalge.
Caltlo hlave got ilntlo very iad, condli
tion, and manl y are dying from Ntatrva\'
tion.
Mr, i,. H1, Kelly osends the following
wolletor forocrlot : "lxeipt for a scnt
0Ored show0 r of two ov0o til oneotrn dil
trictl, line gouotrlly for tllu present, and
lold to warm, with mot to lorthl-olst
winds, blut under the influence of P'avo,
a combined lllnolsoonal Onfl Antarctle dis
tlrbuance, the woleatheor will boconolo un
soultled during the next ofew lay, with
rain and Homo tIhtllider In the western
districts, and o:telndhlg etstwlrd in the
middlel of the wook, followed by a cold
lqually southorly clklngo1."
T'ho coluncil of the Toelchers' Irodorn
iloea llt 1a:n0 giving conslideration to the
0ond'itilonl prtwvalllllg I ia hl~rgo lnumber
of oLhool1 in the nwicrultlfll((n (trea, and
lave furilllhed Mlr. 13runluoll, theI Minis
for for Edualntion, with paIrticulars of
vorrowldillng, blully-Ventilatiot schools. It
la poilntedl out that alt the lurlatvilloe Pulb
Ic Sclool, whlh:h was built to r'aeommo
dlate 1570 pF01, Iothere are now no fower
l1 21( 25t crlammed ilto tIho building. At
Lolobhardt "30 pupils are on the roll, but
iho accommlodation Il only for 18.1J
OPassengers on tiU (,.10 tranln from' lKi
loomlba o(il Sttllrllay lnigit exlporloenlod a
mh1ost oxclLlig Journly, T'lo troublo com
Ineced at Lcrallr, whlon the train ovorran
bhe statlon, and had to 1shu1n01 back. At
lindon t1h train rlushed t1rou1 1 the sta
lon an0 pulledi up about aL mile further
on, 'heo 0?01oIgern for Ilndon woro conm
plld to walkl back, l'a. sorng 00 staled
(hat. t.ho train travelled ronlloi dalngoroo?
lurvos at an allrling rate, and some
were palnicy. At Va'lcoy Ilclhtt a now
drlver Was put 0n, mond from tllol0 nothling
untowalrd Ilhappened.
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