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NEWS AND NOTES.
The official returns to hand fer Charity Sunday
show that about £270 was received yesterday,
but the returns from a large number of churches
are yet to come in. Last year the total collec-
tions wore about £537, but as maoy of tho
principal churches in Ballarat did not.make.opl:
lections for the charities-yesterday, but withhold
them at.dates to come, the local charitable insti
tutions are not Kkely to suffer.' j
'I he Prince of Wales reached.- his 43rd year of
■ageyesterday, and as -a mark of respect to tbs
probable future sovereign of the', British domi
nions, the 1 oocaision will to-day tie observed gene
rally by a public holiday.' The Eriuce is' daily
becoming more popular with the people of
-England, and his hold upon the inhabitants- of
this country was strengthened by the visit of his
two sons. Prince Albert and Prince George, a
fe w year.s ago. , '
Tho Prince of Wales’' Birthday : will 'be bb«
served to-day as public holiday by all the leading
business places in tbs City and Town, and the
banks and' the public offices, of ' course, will
keep the day as a gazetted holiday. The only
local attraction in the way of a pleasant after
noon’s amusement is the sports meeting of the
Ballarat Bicycle and Tricycle Club,' which takes
place at the Eastern Oval. The annual gather
ings of this club are increasing in popu
larity, and the meeting to-day promises
to eclipse all previous efforts.; The princi
pal event in the programme is the Bal
larat Plate, for,which all the best riders
in tbs district have'entered, and, judging by the
form they have exhibited at recent races, the
event should bring about some of the best racing
yet seen in Ballarat. The other events include
foot-races, firemen’s races, tug-of-war (B. and
T.O. v Beaufort 8.C.), trick riding, and various
other interesting items well calculated to ensure
a large attendance of the public;' "The olub havo
kindly invited the Orphanage children to witness
the sports.'- The processibn 'of Cyclists starts
| from Craig’s at noon, and'members are expected
to wear ordinary hats instead of the usual uni
form cap. The Ballarat Militia corps proceed
,by special train this morning, to Brighton to taka
part in a series of manoeuvres. The.lake and
gardens will, also, doubtless, be patronised by a
fair number of visitors. Mr Juba Babson will
•commence a series of recitals at the Mechanic,’
Institute this evening. ■
An apparently groundless bat sickening re-;
mark was in circulation on Saturday and yester
day to the effect that the leper Ah Fung had
ooipmitted suicide by drowning himself in tbe
Gong Gong reservoir. Early on Saturday morn
ing the police of Ballarat East: were informed of
the alleged occurrence, an-i some credence was
placed in the statement because it had been re
ported that Ah Fung bad gone' back to his old.
occupation of farm labourer at Warrenhoip, in
the neighbourhood of the reservoirs. Later on,
however, ths-polics authorities in - tbs city pro
nounced the rumour about the fate of Ah Fung
to be groundless, and last night an officer of
police intimated to an enquirer that news had
i been received, to the . effect that Ah Fung
and Ah Quong were both alive and doing
well for persons supposed to bo lepers. Tbs
panther of the fabrication with reference
[to Ah -Fung’s “ suicide ” ' deserves the
censure of every tight thinking man and
woman. On Saturday and yesterday the re
port of the drowning of the diseased Mongolian
produced a good deal of uneasiness among a
large number of persons using the water, and in
several instances housewives refused to use it
for domestic purposes, ft is said that the canard
was originated with .the idea of.alarming certain
persons who are continually bunting’the sup
posed lepers from post to pillar, aud it was also,
suggested, that, as the weather was warm, the
report was circulated in tbs interests of . the
brewers and ..publicans, who would benefit by a
temporary falling off in water drinking.
Owing to .the pressure on our space we have
been obliged to hold over some reports, letters,;
&o. 1 ' V.
- Our Melbourne correspondent writes;—“ Tho.
owner of David has lodged a protest against'
Kufus being declared the winner of the Derby,
on the ground that the nomination was informal,'
in mistaking the name 61 the dam'. The club :
will enquire into the matter; and it is announced:
that tha-sliakea will be paid overaubjaotto the •
protest.;,..' v. ,i. ’ !
Visitors to.the‘Jake and. gardens on'Charity
Sunday for years past have been accustomed l»
see the large Newfoundland dog of Mr Burrows,
the Hospital'secretary, wandering-about among'
the .crowd with a,' colleotion-hox. strapped access:
bis back, and mutely soliciting asub-criptiouto,
-the cause of charity. The. amount thus given:
has generally reached a very handsome, sum,:
and swelled to some extent tbs general takings
of .the day. The, Charity Sunday collections for
this year, will, however, miss the revenue from,
this source, as poor ” Wallace” died of cancer
early yesterday morning.
The 8.M.3. i Mirzappre arrived at.Slenelg at!
5.45 yesterday morning, • and • sailed for’Mel
. bourne the same day; at l,4s'p.'m. - !i
[ The re-opening services at'SU John’s ohurob,
1 .Soldiers Hill, were yesterday conducted by the.
Yen. Archdeacon Stretch; M.A. The morning
subject of discourse ‘was taken from John, iv.,
23 24; afternoon, Psalm oxix., 45; evening, Ke
veiatiuns, iii.,' 8 20. , Collections were' made ip
aid of the Church'Extension Fund. ''
Some 15 mouths a young man named Thoma®
Ford; whose parent's reside in Bond'street, Bal*
jarat East,.left this district to..aocept..a position:
in New South Wales. Not long since a report;
appeared in a certain N S. W. newspaper notify-!
ing that a young man, Thomas Ford by name, ;
died, and that the deceased belonged to Ballarat. ’;
Mr and Mrs Ford, of Bond street, are naturally;
anxious, about their son, who was at one time'
employed'at the battery of the Band and Albion'
Company) and desire to know whether he is
alive or dead.A few lines from the New South.!
Wales paper which published ; tbe paragraph re
. garding the death of a Thomas Ford' would per-;
haps set all doubts at'rest as to the fate of
Thomas Ford, of Bond street),Ballarat East.
The election of two members of the Board of !
Advice for tho Reboot district of the City of
Ballarat,, has resulted- in the return of Messrs’
James Hall and Joseph'Mitehall. ' '
The Ballarat Battalion will be weli repre
sented at the first general-review in connection
with the Victorian Militia at Brighton, this
afternoon,‘as up to_ Saturday evening the follow-;
ing were lhauumbers of aaohj. oompauy handed s
Sargeant-major Brenohley, sailntending to'
1 proceed to Melbourne.;—Stuff; 16; A Company,;
»ergealts) : 8’ corporals, 41' raak'audfile; ,B!
Company; 8 gerg>antB,4<j||»ral«. 8f wok
fileiKLCompanr, S oorpoW*, ,40
aßdAleP® band numbw* 81
member*! Besi*a;sWe nn#er
•ill twlwno. . B’’:u expaotad that Ithe.hbova
bolwalled #lthd additi^pf- a
number# man who. thmigKin tending to-go to,
haTal haad m. thftifl
namaapTlr M'lntyre. bfAßhdga ateaetf, wife
cater for the Batlarat Battaliopj on the ground.
The special train corifeyihfc..thfc:troopB will leaye
the Western Station at 7;16. aifcl, and amye on
the return journe? at Il.l6ip.ni. Respecting
the review, 9aturda7, .8ay«;--.
#< The police have received instructions to keep
clear, the whole of the ground between Brighton
railwAy station aod-Pibnio Point;-but as moat of
locale of the military „ operations will probably
be.DeariPiomo'Point* party,
.who will lonqh on board the Nelson, will land at
'Brighton .jetty,!. but,:the 'attacking foroh,iwill
proceed to the one-at Picnic Point/where tbey
, will bo landed; 'and, after^ : a : warin : reception, 1
defeated-,”;” ’ • r ) '.),)')i
A young lady*.named :Miss. Scott,, residing in
;Ascot street, hadau unpleasanteiperiencai early
yesterday morning in-" attempting'to- separate
: two'' dogs that- were 'quarrelling; 'One of "the
animals 'seized .her t-by* the hand and, a]most
layered. the middle . finger. The ; . injury, was
attended to at the; Hospital; is.
! An elderly woman- .nimod "Ellen , Te’ager, 60
years of -age, was brought into) the. Hospital on
•oalurday’aftornbon'.from Haddoh; suffering from
a humber.'of extensive ,burns /about the .body.
Mrs Teager, it .appears; was treading; tin bed,
when she fell asleep. The candle set fire to the
bedclothes,'-the bed-Ywia'’-soon -enveloped.-in
flames; and it was with‘some difficulty thatMra
Teiger.was got.out'bf , thoplaqo. The faouso
was
injuries were dressed, and aha remained in tbo
.institution. . >. i
The condition of Mr.Thomas Maokay has im-'
proved; somewhat within ■, the last day ;or,;twb,,
and tha partial paralysis that eat in.has entirely.;
/passed'away. '■'-)■', )) • X ) ;! )V,‘! : "
- The Railway Oammiasionera, have deaided.tq'
offdr special facilities for visiting; and spending'
slimmer holidays at the:various seaside .resorts
of the colony, . Prom the 24th November to tbo
31st .March,. tickets, available for one ..month,
twill-be-isaued from therprinoipalstations, at
fares equal in 'most' cases' to the amount
of the ordinary fare for the single jour
ney.- The. head of a family.'-taking, four
tickets, may obtain forthe amount of four.huli
day fares, a ticket enabling him to travel to and
fro as often as he may .desire during tha month.
The commissioners have, likewise reduced the
prices of annual tickets between Melbourne and
the undermentioned places, as followGeelong,
first-class £25, 7 second-class £t7; r -Eyneton, £3O
and £2o;'Ball.arat, £4O and £27!;; Sandhurst, £4O
and £27; Maryborough, £44 and £3O; Sale£4B and
£32; Ecbuca, £SS and £37. : The same'rates will
apply between any two.s.tationa similar distances'
apart. .The 1 return'seoradd-class fares of students
attending the Schools of Mines at Ballarat or.
Sandhurst have been reduced, as under Up to.
12 miles, 6d; from 12 to 25 miles, is;. from 25'to
45.mil.es, la fid; and from 45 t 0.60 miles, 2s,
These tickets are to be obtained from the regia-'
trars of the schools yof mines, and will be. avail
able for one week from the date of issue, but no
parcel or luggage • beyond school requisites is to
ba.taken by students.
A case of concealment of birth has been re
ported tdthe.pblics, at Sandhurst. The mother
of,the child, who u named Sarah-Dixford; and is
about 30 years of age,■. at first denied, the
accusation, but subsequently tfae child was found
: dead- in the- cesspool, and she ' then acknow
ledged that she bad been-confined. ' . ! ’
' ‘.Yesterday at. the Soots’:Churoh, Soldiers Hill,
the new pastor, the Rev. Mr M'Cbnhell preached
.'morning and evening. Each ■ serried; waa well
attended. Collections were made in aid'of tha
Sustentation Fund. ~ .j
The Old Identities’ Association held their usual
monthly meeting at the 7 Alfred 'Hall on Thursday
evening; Mr.Brooksbank (in the absencaof.Mr
J. W. Graham) in.'the r chair. Thera wass large
attendance of members, and 30. new,members
Were initiated and 23 propositions. Notice .of
motion from previous, moating that the initiation
fee should be five shillings in future,; was lost,
and it was arranged that’the fee should remain
at 2s for the present; also that the subscription
should be fid per week. .'The secretary presented
balance-sheets for..the six months ending
30th September,, duly, audited by Messrs' D.
Christy and G. Gray, together with the auditors’ i
report, but owing to pressure Of business, the
'.consideration of same was postponed until next
meeting.' The secretary thou reported, that tha
following gentlemen'had become honoraiy life
members:—Sir Henry B. Loch,- K.C18., Hon.
Henry Cuthbert, M.L.C., Hon. James Campbell,
M.L.C., Mr James Oddie, and Mr James Russell,
M.L.A. Accounta'amounting to; ;£3) 6a'were
passed for.payment. .. A vote of thanks-to the
chair concluded the meeting.
A man named James Nolan, 30 years of age;
gave ' himself in charge' for vagrancy last even
ing, at the City lookup, in . order to obtain j
medical treatment at the gaoll hospital. It ap
pears that Nolan, who had been tramping about I
the country, sustained a sunstroke three days
■ago..,. _ :
A shoplifter took 35 yards of- print from Mr
Joseph Levy’s shop Main Road, on Friday last.
The police have the matter in hand.
During-tfae past week therawera 769 out
door recipients relieved at tha Benevolent
Asylum, of wham 356 were children. There are
now 251.iomates remaining in the institution.
Mr Henry Costin’s office, Lydiard street, was
broken in to on Thursday night. Two or three
drawers were rummaged, and several articles,
value in all 34s fid, were stolen.
The ladies and gentlemen who took part ib
the choruses at the recent M*r.A..Uhioa aoaoerts
were, with scarcely an exception,, members of.
associations connected _ with the union. The
conductor, Mr J, Thomas,, who was most, atten
tive to the duties of .his position, is- also ■ a
member of one of the societies,. ■
A meeting of the Buuinyong Rifle Club took
place on last Friday. It was resolved to remove'
the butte from their present position,- to-pfevent
any farther annoyance to. Mr G,.lnnes,.‘and a
committee was appointed to select a new. site for
them., Mr, lopes promised: to. withdraw any.
further action in the matter on the promise to :
discontinue firing over .bis. paddock.., Ha also'
said that he would join ther.olub and give a
donation of two guineas to the funds. Mr Jt
Field sent in his resignation‘as secretary, which
waa accepted, and Mr W. Graham was appointed
in -bis, place. At an adjourned meeting--on;
Saturday, it was decided to apply, to-the boroughi
council for permission to erect the butts on-the)
Lai "taV street _ site,) a considerable distance''
north of tha old rite, where'the butts have been
lowered. "" ' ‘ -
During the past week 538-out-patients, inolud-!
iog 16 casualties, and 92. in-patieuts, received i
treatment at the Ballarat District Hospital. No
deaths occurred. Dr Radcliffe will be the hon.
medical officer for the ensuing weak,, and Dr
Whitcombe the hoD.'surgicallbffioer. '
During the week ended Ist inst., 207, : births
and 122 deaths were registered iuMelbourneand:
suburbs.
To-day being a public holiday,, the money,
order: and savings bank i branch, of the'poatal'
department will be closed; • - ; ,
) Mr John Robson gives to-night in! tho)
iMeohauios’lnstitute, tfae first of his six. recitals
in aid of the Clergy Endowment Fund of the:
Ballarat Diocese, As a large attendance is- ex
pected* on this,- the opening night,, those who
purpose being present are advised to. attend
early. The names of tha todies and gentlemen
assisting will ba found ia ourr. advertising
columns.
Messrs Htokman, Little,, and Tree, J.’s.K,
.presided on Saturday at the City Police Court. A
female named Alice Mitlar was' remanded until :
to-morrow on a charge of vagrancy. One- per
son charged with drunkenness was discharged. ■
.- A very excellent pictuna of the Mayor of the!
Town has been completed by Mr Willetts,.the!
well known photographar.of .Bridge street.' The':
picture, which is to be bung, in) the. Towo Hall,
represents'the.mayoßiih hia robes of office. The:
likeness is a striking one. and displays artistic!
manipulation of high, order. , The picture will ba
on view at the studio for a few days. _
- A; case of_. scarlet fever was admitted.to tho.
Hospital during the past week. 7 - a
The children .Williana rThonapson and Arthur"
Cratnpton, admitted to the Hospital a few,daysi
since,.'are. both) now progressing fhvourabiy in : .
the institution. ; , :
Mr Andrew Anderson, 3J*., atteoded at the:
Town- Court yesterday morning and dealt;
with a prisoner charged with drunkenness. This'
case waa the-only business before ! tha the
court. ~ : ‘ ' - ,
On Saturday morning a Chinese named Tak!
Lin at Mount Clear received a 'severe injury;
to the scalp through tbo head- of an axe
which fas- was • using Eying off the handle and :
striking him. A Ballarat Mist. Chinese doctor;
dressed the wound, aa Tekldn refused to go to !
the Hospital. • ’ .. «n-< tC . • • i .u.. -. 1
Wesleyan Foreign Mission services were yester-:
day_ held' as follows:—Btirkly' street, ’ Rev. J.
White and Rev. E Ynungman; Neil street, Rsv.
E. xoungmiin and R.: Philp; ; Mount Pleasant.!
Rev. R. Philp and Bov. J; White; Golden Point, i
Mr C .x and Mr, Hopkins; Brown Hill, Mr James
and Mr Powell. At Neil street the Rev. My
Youngman took his text from Isaiah, rxxiii. t 17;
and the * evening disqoursa 7 was. preached flom;
T aD( I 8.: The offertory amounted, to :
jCsls.vi. -._ r . f
of Saturday evening thus Ascribes i
:?n “ o, , B |r ont »” ?t. a Ballarat visiter to the'
Cup: —•There was a very happy family re-'
union lost -night at a blaokamith’a in Bouveriei
street Carlton,. The flowing bowl ftjwed frtely, I
and the result was an Irish oorrobores among the:
.loving'relatives. TherewasA
tournament J>et??een the connital souls, and the ’
sturdy blacksmith made .thioga , particularly!
pleasant for hia dear brolher-in-law, one Wil- !
Itam Day, who,-* w«thrhis better-half, was down
from Ballarat to the’races. By the!
; OTer ' ' D *7 w “ prooti-|
■^A ,gh * a!?^-lor ofithe Anvil)
pamfcedhw eyes so effeotually that e?en
-oreaaei power 0 f virion'lmparted’Ky the Cup!
was r entiwlj(: neutralised. ' Theu the 1 bjMksmith!
stnroedjitibattored ojd,relative
?fad K&way hack toßallaratashe w° r, to
n4 a constable coming'alongguided ft. W <-
bUgi Day to the City lookop. l 01 -
dwMtennoss at the City Court onTj!^ o '
Begging, and bora the mark-, of the inllS 4 *
•mt his face. Ha explained to the?,?*. 1 . 1011
-that he had been entertained by his brother-in-
law, and was now anxious to return to Ballarat,
so the bench discharged him.”
At a meeting of the Victorian Vinem-n. «
Association in Melbourne on Friday last it 8
resolved to support any company establish-dr'*
the purpose of purchasing and maturing »!:, ® r
lian wines. ' " ” aus ‘t».
:'Mr. £ :M‘lntyre,'M.l,;A. p baa forwarded ton
Minister of Mines a lengthy letter from a 1r,7?
■F,::Sohmidt, in which offers to ssli.
the Government an invention for saving the * u
(or a payable portion thereof) contained in n««!t
up pyrites, and sand: from alluvial BO rkm
. Be also states, that; in the invention he is n
-pared to make known a plant discovered h.i,-
'.Belt which cyielda a'dye, that might
.valuable article of commerce, i,. j m9a
- the ITorW; commUtrf
m the Fitzroy,Gardens, on Friday evening nn!?
i a gentleman,,a resident of Fitzroy. As ha
walking I "through ‘the grounds between U aniTio
o’clock, he was suddenly attacked bvtwn m
encLknocked-to the ground. He 'defended ly
self with a stick, and broke it over one of
ruffians’ heads, but by a blow on the back ?
thahead (he was. rendered’.insensible and ft*
scoundrels extraoted£l2 in gold from an in-rid
pocket of-his ‘coat. Strange to-say, however
they did not o .take‘his gold .watch'and guard o
his diamond ring, vrhioh'he was at the
time. .
A brilliant anoeesa in. the form of a soc - u i
gathering took ‘■place at‘the Newport rail»a,
workshops on, Friday night, whan soma 700
persons—among, them being many persons of
note; mostly in connection withour railways—toot
part in the railway employes ball given i n h„rZ.
: ,of-the PHnce of Wales’ Birthday, The carriaol
shop. in which the dancing took place, was hril
diahtly illuminated with, the'electric light. The
decorations were profuse and striking, among
.them.being an immense- bannerette bearing the
r .word«i v“ Success,- speed, and safety to the V: c
torinn railways.” ■'
" The much procrastinated expedition for IHC
destruction of pelioans’and shags’ eggs uponths
shores of Lake Corangamite was uodertaken on
.-Wednesday by a party of gentlemen concerned
in.fish.preservation.upon Lake Golan, but so far
aa putting their design into execution was con
cerned; the mission ended in failure. Upon
..reSehing their destination (says'the Refmnttyoo
ova of jthis season’s propagation were discernible
although upon two islandsin the lake the ground
was found to be covered with the skeletons of
foyvl, together; .with last, year’s nests, which
largely abounded inthe vicinity. One of several
surmises put forth as accounting for this whole,
sale slaughter is that the. birds must hare de
voured 'poiaohe'd-grain distributed along the-
Barriers for the purpose of rabbit destruction
Bathatas it may, not an egg could be seen and’
the visitors, after a' thorough investigation re
, turned to town tired with : their long pull, which
is considered to, have extended over 30 miles,
I ;-According to the Herald, it is stated that the
clergyman of a fashionable church ic one of the
suburbs was recently .sent tor to attend the bed
side of a member of the demi Monde who be
lieved she was-going to die. On learning the
■character of the,woman,' this follower of Him
whd thbughfc none, beneath His notice, declined
to go. Another, minister of the gospel was then
asked-,to-attend- to- the spiritual wants of the
dying Magdalen, who was repentant of her sin
ful life, and be willingly consented and pro
ceeded to the woman's house, whore he adminis
tered 'all the consolation in his power. The
house lived in was her own, having been left to
her by her father, who died before she went
astray, and just previous to her death she willed
the property to the minister who had attended
her,
A handbill has bean issued by the Mine!
Department for the guidance of persons em
ploying lithofraoteur, dynamite, and other
nitre-glycerine compounds.
A sudden revival of the fishing industry (says
the Pdrtland Guardian) has put new life into
an important class among the ratepayers of the
town",'and will, no doubt, tend tu increase tbs
funds at the. disposal of the jubilee committee.
-On Thursday 72 packages of ti-h (buskers and
bag?) ware sent off by fail, chiefly hadd-ok from
Bridgewater, About 10 baskets of the fish had
bean obtained in our bay. A fine lot of crayfish
oaugbt in the bay wore among the quantity sent
off. Flathead fishing has only been moderately
remunerative-of late.
-All the .colonies excepting Victoria have re
fused to contribute the additional £15,000 re
quested by the Imperial Government for the
expenses of. the New Guinea protectorate. Mr
Servicaia strongly disinclined to accede to the
request, but-before definitely, giving his decision,
has asked to be informed fully as to the power
tha'High Commissioner, Major-General Scratch
ley, is to. be allowed to exercise over the ares
not inoluded.in the protectorate.
The-Melbourne correspondent of the Ararat
Advertiser writes:—‘‘l have just received a
letter from a Hew Zealand friend, and among
other matters ha mentions the success there, as
a Church of- England clergyman, of a reverend
gentleman-wha at one time occupied a foremost
position in the ranks of the Roman Catholic
clergy' in this colony. Some misunderstanding
with-the authorities of the latter church led to
his departing to New Zealand, hut there, too,
he-was unable to agree. As I hays said, be is
now filling the pulpit of the Church of England,
and-my friend adds that be is likely ere long to
be ohief m -n in a matrimonial venture.”
The Argps says that Frederick Lester, a young
. man- employed on commission as traveller by
Robert Elliott, was charged on remand at the
-City Court on Friday last with having embezzled
£2 18s fid, the money of bis employer. Elliott
stated that he was a glass engraver, carrying on
- business in Stephen street. Ha engaged the
prisoner in the month of August to travel fer
orders. He had a verbal agreement with the
prisoner to pay bis travelling hut not his hotel
expenses. He sent him to Ballarat by way of
. Geelong, The prisoner sent an order from Bal-
I larat for a gross of glasses for a Mr Jonas, pub
■ lioao,. of- that city. The prisoner colleoted£3 ;
- from Ur Jonas in payment for the glasses, but
, failed to. band it over to bis employer. Lester
: returned to Melbourne, and wrote to bis em
■ ployer stating that be had hist the money at"
tfas Ballarat races, and offering to refund it by.
weekly instalments. He also stated that if Mr
. Elliott wished to prosecute him, he would find
; him- at his bonne. Detective Charles arrested.
; the prisoner at bis house in Fitsroy on warrant
ion the 2nd inat. The prisoner was committed
. for trial.
A stranger, name unknown, apparently a
! cattle drover, suffering from fever, asked: a
-publican named Knust, at Cioucnrry, for a doss
; of-quinine. Knust, by mistake, gave him strych
j nine, which the unfortunate man took, and died
; shortly after.
Among the preachers (says the Herald) • who
' delivered discourses on Sunday, suggested by
l: the Cup Carnival, may ha named the Rev,. It
: Barlow, of St. Mark's Church, Fitzroy, and the
• Bov. J. A. Dowie, of the Free Christian Tuber
; nude. As usual, Mr Dowio’s announcement; of
■ his theme was startling. “Intoxicated- Mel
j' bourne: Racing for the Cup of Devils,.or tbs
; Crown of Life, which ?"
The many friends of of ex Sub-inspector Larner
(says the Herald) will be sorry to hear that a
short time ago he had the misfortune to lose one
of his legs. The intelligence was conveyed byy
Mr Larner himself to a friend of his,, now resi
dent in Melbourne. The full particulars of the
accident are not given, but it is believed that
whilst travelling in the interior of Queenslsn
he was thrown out of a buggy, and that the
limb was so badly smashed that amputation was
an absolute necessity. As the ex Sub-inspector
himself puts it “it was better to loose a leg
than to lose my life.” - Mr Larner is now a
hotelkeeper at West Kempsey,. New South
Wales.
London is now encircled by a double band of
railroads, and a double service- of trains no
travel in: opposite-direotions round androun
the metropolis.
The Emperor of- Austria was in the first hjj*
that passed through the Aylberg Tunnel, t
journey occupied half an heur.
Canonbury T-ower, Islington,, in which OlivM
Goldsmith wrote “ The Vicar of- Wakefield,
in danger of demolition.
Four ounces of alcohol per day makes the
heart of an. adult man heat 13;660 times ofte
then it would.otherwise-do, which means
labour of raising nearly 15 tons weight 1 M° ■
The Church of Sr, Jioha. the Evangelist,
Leeds, after- being repeated, was ro-op ene , .
September. It ie noteworthy 'hut the day 0
opening, was the 250th. year of the church s
secraction. ,
' The- Rusey Memorial Fund, at th® en 1
September, had reached, the sum of £3s,e'«' , - >
A man named Griffith Williams jecentl^^ 19
■ad Bangor, Wales, at the age of 105.
. Mr Henry Varley, whase visit to
-few years ago will be remembered by mriff-t
Doses spending the winter of this year in Ajn
, and will ba engaged in Evangelistic work.. *
; years agot-Mr Varley carried on business;
butcherat Goeloag, „
The' iw-only-fourth annual session of lh*
tist Association of Victoria will be held
Collins street" ehuroh to morrow evening.
The only survivor from the. wreck “
barque Clvda-is an apprantUu nsmwl ? .
GihsoDj Wbose parents resida at No* o * 3 ' 1 ■
Tlio Meat;Rev. the Primate, Bishop«
intends to visit Tasmania soon- after ban
and to lake up his abode in Hobart ton
twor montha,. The" Right Rev. D f "
Bishop of. Northern Qtveensland, is alsoexp* '
to aniveiu Hobart during the summer m
and stay, a short Umov vjj
J. H. Hammond, the owner of St jo
won on .the English turf in the past few X**
less than £BO,OOO-. . . • tuallf
! After 42 years experience it is_ na " ”Ljj# &
■odnoaded in Garmany that physical
not a anlfioient antidote to exo -adva t be
suvo, and a movement is on foot to jv
study hours .to tho sahooU as the - ODI 7 f


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*» t,4 '* IW Jh»t shall render, them inpapabla of,
- Mayor of G-elong, Aldeixnan Martin, ;
1116n ,h teetotaller, t«d has been so from.
i« » to He does not boast of the virtue
does a deal of good by his life, of
sobriety. . -p or , iy Counpil obtained a,
hioe Plant at a cost of over £lOOO.
Jade on Friday, (aays the Herald), ■
A faulted in « complete success. - .. i
M of the Colao branch of "the
to* ? X Bank B of Australia, Ernest-Reginald
““las committed for trial on Friday by the:
■Off 0 ”; *. h do three chargee of embezzlement,;
00 *l>reeate amount which; how
-ibe S tecresento si third of the sum . stated
<r s r \e been approprUtdd by him.-. Had-.the
frirtnnata young man taken the good- advice
now of Ballarat East, ha would
hot bo in the hands of the gaoler at the present
.time- . ' V ' ■
UrF Howartb, practical pianoforte .maker
j labor 5 and 7 Eyre street, notifies: , else-,
that he is now conotructmg' pianos with
?• improved resonant metal frames, the best
“flnvented for this colony; and. can guarantee
instrument that , will -stand
* nly -in tune through the .most ‘extreme
ct K S rß of John P? Marli n . John-; M'Phail,,. and
stTohen Shrimpton notify elsewhere that, owing
•ts .ottline taking place in Melbourne on
iLjday and Wednesday over the V.R.C. meeting,
rtw will meet sporting men at. the Corner on
m/rsdav to pay and receive, :
“-Tho snnual meeting of the council of the
TWoneh of Browns and Soarsdale will be hold
gVfto Town Hall, Soarsdale, at noon; on Tnea
dl The annive'Jary tea meeting and distribution
f nriies in connection with the Ebenezer Pres-
Svtorian Sunday school take place this evening
•/the Phoenix Hall, Armstrong street.
“a Mneral meeting of the Bootmakers’ Opera
nt Union will be held in the Trades’, Hall .this
ersning.

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