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BREAKING INTO A WAREHOUSE.
SEYMOUR, Tuesday.
George Cross, alias Williams, was brought
before a bench of local justices here to-day,
charged with having a skeleton key in his pos-
session, with damaging the Seymour lockup,
and with breaking into the warehouse of
Messrs Collas and Co., in Station-street. On
the first charge he was sentenced to 18 months'
imprisonment, on the second he was fined 5s.
or 24 hours, and on the third was committed
for trial at the Melbourne sessions on the
16th.
BALLARAT, TUESDAY.
At the general sessions to-day, Judge Gaunt
presiding, a young woman named Emma Smith,
said to be of weak intellect, was found guilty or
breaking into the dwelling of Mrs. Charlotte
White, dress maker, of Errard-street, and steal-
ing therefrom articles of clothing. The accused
was set at liberty by the court on the under-
standing that she would come up for sentence
when called upon, and her father was ordered
to enter into a surety of £20 for her appearance.
This was the only case set down for trial.
Chief Warden Long, of the Melbourne Gaol,
has been promoted to the governership of the
Ballarat prison, vice Mr. P. Sheehan, retired.
Mr. Long took over his new charge to-day.
BENALLA, TUESDAY.
The takings at the sub-treasury for February
show a considerable falling off, being altogether
£1745 — land fees and beer duty only — as com
pared with those of the corresponding month
laat year, which was £2248. A decrease is thus
shown of £503 odd.
A league, having for its object the further
ance of the claims of the people of this district
for the construction of a branch of the North
eastern railway line to the Upper King, has
just been formed at Mollyullah, one of the-
environs of Benalla shire.
A board, presided over by Messrs. Brennan
and Gregson, sat at the court house, Benalla,
this morning. Its object in doing so was to con-
sider a number of local applications made to the
Government, under the Seed Advances Act, as
lately passed by the Assembly, for a supply of
seed wheat for the forthcoming season. Alto-
gether 53 farmers applied in this connection.
Only one-third, however, of that number
appeared to justify their applications. Four of
them were directly refused by the board, the
remainder being referred to the Secretary for
Lands for final consideration.
BENDIGO, TUESDAY.
Great disappointment is being felt at Eagle-
hawk owing to the receipt of a letter from his
Excellency's private secretary, Captain Walling-
ton, intimating that the Governor will not be
able to officially visit Eaglehawk when he comes
to Bendigo on Easter Monday.
Archdeacon MacCullagh, who has been absent
from St. Paul's for some time on sick leave, is
returning home this week. The rev. gentleman
has not benefited much by his holiday.
This morning Cr. J. P. Carolin had a Spaniard
named Ferrer, who at one time was head
gardener to Mr. Carolin, bound over to keep the
peace for 12 months. Mr. Carolin swore that
Ferrer threatened to shoot him, and he was se
afraid of Ferrer that he had to carry a revolver
about with him for protection.
BIRCHIP, TUESDAY.
William Ernest M'Kenzie was arrested by
Mounted Constable Shebler on warrant at
Naughton's mallee allotment, Warmur, this
morning, charged with obtaining money by
false pretences from M. A. Munro, implement
maker, of Ballarat, in January last. He was
to-day remanded to Ballarat.
CAMPERDOWN, TUESDAY.
Mr. Windlow, of Camperdown, was riding in
from Cobden early on Saturday morning on his
bicycle, and when coming down the hill leading
into the town he lost control of the machine,
and was violently thrown to the ground, being
rendered unconscious. Mr. J. Dinan, who was
shortly afterwards returning from his slaughter
yards, conveyed the injured man into Camper-
down, and a medical examination showed that
he was suffering from concussion of the brain.
CASTLEMAINE, Tuesday.
At the meeting of the Castlemaine mining
board Mr. H. O. Rowe was unanimously elected
chairman. The principal business was the
adoption of a motion setting forth that miners
should be allowed to cut timber, not only for
mining purposes, but also for their own domestic
use.
CORRYONG, Tuesday,
At the local police court on Saturday, before
Mr. Rowan, P.M., the hearing was commenced
of two charges against Jas. Mann of stealing a
calf, the property of Mr. H. J. Dobinson, and
of destroying a cow, which belonged to the
name gentleman. The cases lasted until 10
p.m., when it was held there was no evidence
to connect the accused with destroying the
cow, and that charge was dismissed. The
court adjourned the further hearing of the calf
stealing case until April. Accused was admitted
to bail in two sureties of £50 each and himself
in £100.
CRANBOURNE, TUESDAY.
For the vacant seat as representative of the
Lyndhurst riding of the shire of Cranbourne,
caused by the resignation of Cr. T. A. Wilson,
Mr. John A. Gamble has been elected un
opposed.
CRESWICK, TUESDAY.
The committee of the Smeaton Agricultural
Society to-day accepted with regret the resig-
nation of their secretary, Mr. J. Boadle, J.P.,
of Dean. Some years ago Mr. Boadle was com-
pelled to resign, in consequence of a painful
growth on the side of the throat; and this
growth has re-appeared.
DROUIN, Tuesday.
The Wesleyan residents of this district are
greatly pleased at the resolve of the Rev. A. E.
Gilford to remain in Drouin, instead of taking
the position offered him in West Australia.
ECHUCA, Tuesday.
This morning Edward Smith and William
Ion, both well known residents of Echuca East,
were brought up at the police court on remand,
charged with shoep stealing. The evidence
showed that the accused drove out shooting,
and were soon by some of the station hands.
Subsequently three sheepskins bearing the
brand of the Restdown Station, near Rochester,
were traced to a dealer named Walsh, who
alleged that he bought them from Smith. On
being arrested the accused denied their guilt.
Afterwards a statement was made that Smith
killed the sheep because his family were
starving, which was confirmed by the police in
a most accentuated form. Both prisoners were
committed for trial at the next General Sessions
at Echuca on the 9th prox. Bail was allowed.
The seed advances board met this morning
in the mayor's room, town hall, where they
considered a number of applications for sup
plies of wheat. The hearing of the applies
lions (about 100) was strictly private, but so far
as is known each applicant was successful.
KILMORE, Tuesday.
Yesterday afternoon smoke was seen to
issue from Mr. B. Parkin's tailor's shop,
Sydney-street, and within about three
minutes' time from the ringing of the
fire bell the fire brigade members were
on the spot. With an excellent force of
water the fire, which evidently occurred through
sparks from the hearth communicating with
some woodwork in the chimney, was soon extin
guished. The damage done to both building
and stock was not very great and is covered by
insurance. The fire occurred during Mr.
Durkin's temporary absence at lunch.
MARYBOROUGH, TUESDAY.
Mr. John R. Troom, mayor of Majorca, died
to-day, from the effects of injuries received on
Thursday last, when a horse crushed him
against a stable manger, causing severe internal
injuries. Deceased, who was 71 years of age,
leaves a wife and family of six.
A four-roomed cottage at Bowen Vale, occu
pied by a miner named Humphries, was, with
its contents, destroyed by fire last night. The
building and furniture were insured.
The Maryborough Mining Board to-day
decided to co-operate with the Bendigo board in
an effort to obtain a reduction in the price of
miners' rights to 2s. 6d.
MILDURA, TUESDAY.
At the fruit growers' packing house, Mr.
Luffmann, Government raisin expert, to-day
gave practical lessons in cleaning, classing and
packing muscatels according to the Malaga
system. There was a large attendance.
NHILL, TUESDAY.
At Kaniva to-day, William Chapman was
convicted of taking and using a horse without
the owner's consent, and was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment. He was also convicted
of stealing a saddle and bridle, and was sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment additional.
Alfred Ford, charged with stealing a mare, was
committed for trial at Nhill on 22nd April.
NUMURKAH, TUESDAY.
A work which will give a great deal of satis-
faction when completed is now in progress in
this district, being extensive embank-
ment operations and bridge building, from
the Yarroweyah railway station to the
Murray-bridge at Tocumwal. This bridge
was completed at the cost of the
New South Wales and Victorian Governments
about a year ago, but owing to the low lying
nature of the ground for several miles on this
side of the river it was evident that the bridge
would be quite useless for six months of every
year, and to obviate this trouble the Victorian
Public Works department a few months ago sent a
number of Melbourne unemployed to the place
to construct about 6 miles of embankment
under the direct supervision of officers of the
department. Contracts for three bridges were
also let, and two of these have just been
completed by Messrs. Fraser, Ross and Co.,
of Footscray, the prices being £580 and £280.
The other bridge was let to Messrs. Wilson and
Henry, of Hamilton and Newbridge, at a cost of
£142. This bridge has been delayed, and it
will not be finished by the contract time, viz.,
12th inst.
PORT FAIRY, TUESDAY.
At the meeting of the Belfast shire council on
Saturday it was decided to again pay a bonus of
2s. 6d. for all foxes killed within the shire,
which practice had been discontinued of late.
PYRAMID HILL, TUESDAY.
The exodus of farmers from the mallee
country has been resumed, a large number
having already cleared up their affairs after the
harvest and removed to other parts, some of
them intending to work land on the half share
system. More than a dozen families have paired
through Durham Ox during the last few days
for various localities.
The Macorna North Irrigation Trust to-day
resolved to take steps to have the Order-in-
Council allotting its quantity of water revoked,
with a view to obtaining the larger amount
originally provided, viz., 2491 cubic feet per
minute in winter and 1557 cubic feet in summer
allotted to it.
The Gordon shire council is negotiating with
the Tragowel trust to have water from Laane-
coorie weir for Bullock Creek to supply rate
payers in the shire through its channels. The
reason of this request is that when the supply it
sent through the Bridgewater weir it never
roaches its destination, being diverted, impro-
perly it is alleged, before it gets out of East
Loddon shire.
Action is being taken to establish a creamery
at Cohuna.
The Gordon shire council, in order to assist
the landholders in coping with the rabbit pest,
has resolved to apply for £3000 of the £50,000
to be loaned to municipalities for the purchase
of wire netting.
SOMERVILLE, TUESDAY.
The number of entries for the show of the
Somerville Fruit Growers' Association is double
that of last year.
STAWELL, TUESDAY.
Mr. H. Baber, late superintendent of police
in the Stawell district, who is leaving for
Europe, has been presented with a valedictory
address and testimonial. The gathering was a
representative one. The mayor of Stawell
occupied the chair and made the presenta-
tion.
WARRNAMBOOL, TUESDAY.
Mr. J. Cleverdon, secretary of the Warrnam-
bool hospital for 20 years, has been granted six
months' leave of absence to visit England for
the sake of his health.
Mr. Thornley, M.L.C., has purchased the
Moralla Estate, containing 11,000 acres.
Two snakes were killed last week, one con-
taining 42 and the other 49 young ones.
Since the season for quail shooting opened at
the beginning of the week very good bags have
been obtained by sportsmen. One of the
largest was 53, secured by two guns in one
afternoon.
Fruit in prolific in the forest country this
season. Mr. Naylor, of Nirranda, has grown
apples of the Emperor Alexander variety
weighing 1½lb. and measuring 15 inches in cir-
cumference.
An important decision was arrived at by the
Warrnambool shire council on Wednesday, when
they decided to fill up all the road drains com
plained of in the vicinity of Lake Gillear. It is
expected when this is done that the flood
water will be on the roads.
Mr. Arnold's house, on the Woodford-road,
was destroyed by fire at a late hour last night.
The inmates succeeded in escaping without
injury, but the contents of the dwelling were
burnt.
WEDDERBURN, TUESDAY.
The bakers here, owing to the continued rise
in flour, have decided to raise the price of bread
to 7d. per 4 lb. loaf.
The local race club has decided not to hold
an autumn meeting this year, but to hold a sum
mer meeting on Boxing day.
YARRAM, TUESDAY.
The trophy given by Lord Brassey for compe
tition at the Port Albert regatta is worth £3,
and has been allotted on the prize in a race for
boats 30 feet and under.
Sheep farming is gradually extending in this
district. Mr. James M'Kenzie, of Wonwron,
recently sent 500 crossbreds to a selection he
has at Bulga, a hilly locality some miles from
here. He has now purchased six 2-tooth pure
Lincoln rams from Mr. W. J. Andrews, of
Ballan.
A boy named Albert Road last evening met
with a serious accident through the bolting of a
horse which he was driving in a spring cart. He
was thrown out and struck the ground heavily
with his head. This rendered him unconsoious,
and he lay for some hours before coming to.
Mrs. G. R. Mason, wife of a well known saw
miller of Hodgkinson, a few miles from here,
died suddenly on Thursday evening last. She
had not been well, and it is supposed her mind
was affected. She is believed to have taken
poison. An inquest was opened on Saturday
and adjourned for nine days, the contents of
the stomach being sent to Melbourne for
analysis.
YEA, TUESDAY.
The Yea shire council on Saturday decided to
make application for a loan of £2000 for wire
netting and £5100 for a water supply for the
Yea township. The Stony Creek supply was
considered the best that could be got. The
amount required for the works and reticulation
is estimated at £5095, which includes six miles
of 3-inch cast iron pipes and one mile of 4-inch
pipes. The estimated revenue is £415 and the
expenditure £386.
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