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LET it be hoped that all interested in
connecting the Lancefield district by rail
with the Murray line will nnite in the
the endeavor to secure the inclusion in
the Railway Bill of the proposed line
from Lancefield to Kyneton. Up to the
present there has been some xeason for
separate agitations, but now it is evi lent
that all efforts must be concentrated on
one, and that one the line from Lancer
field to Kyneton. It has become clear
that that is the only line from Lancefield
to the Murray line which will receive
support. The railway caucus in the
Legislative Assembly have been in committee
upon all lines proposed, and the
recommendation of that body was 4ft>at
the line from Lancefield to Kyneton
should be constructed. The Government
have not accepted that recommendation,
and now a determined effort must be
made to induce Mr Gillies and his
colleague* to make a furlher amendment
the bill. The majority of Lancefield
people aI" >Dear have favored a line from
their town to ^^flend, but as they cannot
get that, very wisely they have decided
to try to secure what they regafd
AS next best, and what the people of
Kyneton and of the district between this
town and Lancefield regard as the very
best thing- a line from Lancefield to
Woodend. The Lancefield people have
officially requested their Parliamentary"
representative to support the claim for
the Lancefield-Kyneton line, and in last
Friday's issue the local Mercury epeaka as
follows :—" The only solace in connection
with the matter is that the line from this
township to Kyneton was adopted by a
caucus meeting of the Oppos tion, so that
there is some hope yet when the details
of the bill are fully discussed in committee.
Many of our townsmen are
under the impression that the Opposition
are sufficiently strong to secure the inclusion
of several lines which they have
adopted, in preference to some of the Government
proposals, and if this be so the
Lancefield io Kyneton line will, in all
probability, be inserted. Though we have
always adrowted the route from Lanos-
field to Woodend as superior to the one
to Kyneton, we most be trandhjrthe
decision of the caucus. There is -nodoubt
that the railway from L&noefield to
«
one of these places would have been j
adopted by the Government in the first
place, only for the feeling of local jealousy
which was displayed by the local towns,
and now that the Opposition have
adopted one of the routes proposed it
is to the advantage of the district
as a whole that the residents should
be united and work for that route, irrespectively
of all personal likes and dislikes.
It is not a matter of vital interest to
Lancefield where the connection between
the two main lines is made, so long as
it starts from here, and it is for the people
at the other end to fight the matter out
among themselves. Woodend would
probably be the most desirable terminns,
but if we cannot obtain that it is WIBB to
take, the route which has commended
itself to the members of the Opposition."
We observe from the J&atmiiier that the
Romsey people still contend fora line
from their town to Woodend, but jre
trust that they will recognise that
their case is hopeless,'and that they will
co-operate with Lancefield in the attempt
to be made to have a line constructed
from that town to Kyneton.
FotTNT) DBOWHED.—About 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon a young girl named
Bessie Smith, residing in Mitchell Street,
when out looking for her mother's cows,
discovered the body of a man in a hole in
the Post-office Creek, between the
Wedge Street bridge and the racecourse,
and close to the bridge. The girl
acquainted Constable Basmussen with
her discovery and he drew the body from
the hole. The man was quite d«ad, but
did not appear to have been in-the water
more than a few hours. The water was:
less than one foot deep and the man was
fonnd lying face downwards. It is concluded
that he fell in while under the
influence of liquor, and was not able to
get out. The man was not known to the
police and at a late hour last night nothing
indicating his identity had been discovered.
Fourpence in coppers was
found in one of his pockets, but nothing
«lBe. 1 he deceased was a man of about
5ft 8in in height," medinm built, grizzly
beard, and fair hair inclining to grey. A
magisterial enquiry will be held.
FIRE BRIGADE SOCIAL.—The Social to
celebrate the sixth anniversary of the
Kyneton Brigade will be held to-morrow
evening in the Mechanics' Institute. At
a meeting of the committee held last
evening final arrangements were made
for the occasion. The music will be supplied
by Messrs Lowther and Withers,
and the catering has been entrusted to
Mrs Garltck, who has had large experience
in this business. A large number of
tickets have been disposed of, and a
successful gathering is anticipated.
RABBIT .SUPPRESSION.—We are desired
to inform owners of rabbit-infested land
that digging out bnrrows,iB' abont to be
made compulsory. Some landholders
are digging out burrows, bot others have
taken no notice of the inspectors' instructions,
and in these cases the law is to be
enforced promptly. As showing the
necessity for this work to be done one of
the inspectors informs us that last week
he saw no less than fourteen rabbits taken
from one burrow on a holding not far
from this town. It is honed that this
intimation will be found sufficient.
KYNETON GOILD.—At the weekly meeting
of this society held at tbe Indepen
dent Church last night, Mr T. Hoyle read
a paper on the question, Is football
demoralising The essayist's c inclusion
was that the game as played at the
present time is not in itself demoralising,
but in terms of caution he pointed out
that ifiileie great care were taken it soon
would become 40, the greatest dangers
being from betting and bad language. A
lively exchange of opinions took place,
the speakers being the president, and
Messrs Oke, J. K. S. Thomson, H.
Harper, Laver, Hankinson, Wade,
Parter, Church and Dodd ; after which
Mr Hoyle briefly replied. The next,
meeting will be to-morrow evening, grid
will take the form of a social to which
every one is invited. The proceedings
will commence with a tea at (i o'clock.
WoBKtKC MEN'S UHIOIJ.— About .50
laboring men of the town attended the
meeting held ąt the Queen's Head ffotel
on Saturday night last, for the purpose of
establishing a Working Men's Union in
Kyneton. - Mr P. Lillis was voted to the
chair. A letter was received from the
secretary of the Trades'-Hall, Melbourne,
stating that he could not furaiBh a copy
of the rules in time for this meeting. A
motion approving of Mr John Rogers'
action in convening the meeting was
carried nnanimoudy. Sevef^} pf those
.present spoke at length on the advisability
of forming A Working Men's Union in
Kyneton, and it wasdeoi4e4 tp hpld the
next meeting at the Sonth Boom at thp
Mechanics'
•r 1 : * Institute, Inałiłnta in a f/irfniołlpK fortnight's
time, when members will be enrolled and
office-bearers elected. The acting secretary,
Mr J- M'CaEron, was instructed to
write to the secretary of ihe Horsham
bnnch for a copy of the rules in tjmjs for
next meeting. - Ayote of: thapks £p th.e
chairman terminated the pyoppeflings.
THK FOLLOWING ACCOUNTS are payafelp
at the local Sub-Treasury:—Thomas Cock,
iy. Parby, W. Gardiner, M. A GJeeson,
H; J. Soger, S. E. Hoonpell, J- Kelly,
J. Middleton. i?. O'Hare, E. Ryan, J.
Rees/T. W. Ross". J. l^.oV-
ST. ANDBEWS CHURCH. —Tepdęr^ are
invited fpp the purchase and removal of
the St. A$dx»wVj*ag*e, which isio make
way foe « new strycjbureż Pj^cuWs
appear in our adwUsing commas.
SALE OF INSOLVENT STOPS.—An advertisement
in another column notifies
that the - Insolvent Stock Co., of Melbourne,
have tsken the shop lately occupied
by Messrs Hodgkins Bros. , Mollison
Street, and are now offering bargains in
drapery and clothings.
A.N. A.—We are requested to mention
that on account of two other lectures ępnouneed
for (MB evening, _ Mr Ma,c-
Lymont's paper op " Whittier, the
Amercian Poet," whjch tp ftave been
read before the local^branchiof the A-W.Ą^
this evening, has been pnBt ppne^ tp a
future date of which due óotipe will be
given.
THE MJLDUBA IRRIGATION COLONY.—
An illustrated lecture on the wonderful
colony-called into existence at Mildnra
by the persistent enterprise of Messrs
Chaffey, ie to be *r)"en in ihe Mephapips'
this evening fcy Mr ft. Turnbnll M.Ą-
The illastntfons will ha by magnificent
lime light views. Admission is free, by
ticket only, to be obtained from "Mr
Start at the Mechanics'Institute, and Mr
T, N. Wade, Piper Street
THE CAELSRCHF. PLOUGHING MATCH
takes place to-morrow at Mr John Clark's
farm. Ploughing is to commence at 9:
o'clock.
CXM.S. CoucERr.-Theconcert to be
givenon Thursday night m connection
with the local C.Y.M.S., promise* »» be
inarked'success. ; The programme -is
attractive, imd the t>bjeet—in aid of Miss
BrowniTBtaU;*tn*he forthcoming R.C. j
bazaar—is praiseworthy.. Miss Brown
has rendered the society very valuable
service on musical occasions, and the
members are indicating their sense of
Miss Brown's jundness by exerting themselves
in every 'way tb make-the-concert
a success. The concert is to be held in
the Temperance Hall, where the accommodation
is greater than at the society's
hall. The Phoenix Band have given their
gratuitous services on the occasion.
KYNETON DISTRICT RACING CLUB.—A
meeting of the committee was held at the
Junction Hotel on Friday evening forthe
purpose of considering wi - application
from the Agricultural Association that a
special prize should fio given^Tor a competition
in the hunters', section. After
discussion it was generally ^agreed that
the committee would not be justified in
voting any of their funds to such a purpose
without reference to . a general
meeting of members. It was suggested
that thisfcourae might be pursued at the
annual meeting in Januiary., Tlie members
presfent ente'reditito Bjconversational
discussion as to the desirability or otherwise
of holding two T»O«-meetings during
the yeac..„_jt_ was suggested by one
genUema'n that as- there'jrere Sniny improvements
to be made to stand, &c.,
that it would be well to «xcercise caution
for the present, and defer the consideration
of this matter until the annual
meeting in January. It was pointed out
that there were obstacles to the carrying
out of a second meeting under the auspices
of the existing club, and that it would be
necessary to establish another club ultimately.
Mr Lavender was requested to
call a general meeting for the 31st iiiBt.
for the purpose of discussing the matter.
MISSIONARY MEETING.—I'hare should
be a largeattendance at the- Independent
Church this evening at the public meeting
to .be held in aid of the London Missionary
Society. The address to be delivered
by ' Captain Hore F.R.G.S.,
should be very interesting, as the captain
will detail his personal experiences and
observations during a lengthy residence
in Africa.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
—Mr Jas. M'Conrille has resigned the
position of deputy registrar of births and
deaths at East Trentham, and Mr J. H.
Reidy has been appointed in his place.
The following other, appointment is
gazetted : — Taradale: Isabella Mary
Mitchell, nice M. Beck, whose resignation
bas been accepted.
LICENSING CODETS.—The following are
the licensing court arrangements for
August:—Trentliam (for Tylden district)
18th August, at 10.30 a.m, ; Woodend
(for the Woodend, Campaspe, and Newham
East districts) 18th August at 2.30
p.m. ; Kyneton (for Kyneton, Lauriston,
MaluiBbury, Taradale, Carlsruhe, and
Emberton) 19th August, at 10 a.m.
IMPORTANT DIVORCE DECISION. — A
decision of some interest in connection
with the Shiels Divorce Act, was given
by Mr Justice Hood, in Chambers on
Friday. A petitioner who was desirous
of obtaining a divorce from'her husband,
on the ground of his continuous desertion
since 1884, stated «he had caused inquiries
to be instituted by the police in Wilcannia,
where she -had reason to believe
he was located, but without success. She
accordingly applied for substituted service
of the citation and petntión. His
Honor said the result inight be that a
divorce would be granted without the
respondent knowing anything about it.
This could not have been intended by the
Legislature. The rule as to substituted
service was intended to apply to the case
of a person whose whereabouts were
known, but who waB keeping out of the
way to avoid service. The application
was refused.
MR J. B. PATTERSON AND THE UN-
EMPLOYED.—During last week Mr J. B.
Patterson, Minister of Customs, indulged
in some plain talk to the professional
agitators in connection with the unemployed
of Melbourne, and told those individuals
that they were the sediment of
the community. Mr Paterson's unvarnished
talk was not relished by the
unemployed leaders, and on Sunday
aftenioon, at the Queen's Wharf, there
was a demonstration against him. After
some tall speeches the " effigy " of Air
Patterson — old trousers, coat ditto,
stuffed with straw, and surmounted with
" belltopper," was " decapitated "amidst
groans and general execrationB, set alight,
and th?oyn tq the bottom of the embankment,
the remark being made that
if Mr Patterson were there in the flesh he
would be similarly served. After this had
been done, the Telegraph reports, resolutions
were adopted in which it was
asserted th£t the tgeeting had no confidence
iq " that immoral combination,
the Gillies—Deakin Administration ";
Mr Patterson was' condemned for "the
infamous way in which he had slandered
the leaders of the unemployed movement";
and concluding with an expression
ofconfidence in <l the gentlemen at
the head of the unemployed movement".
About 8000 persons were present, but
tbpęe no disturbance whatever and
the large body qf ppljce present had
ppthing to do but look on and listen.
p£TĘENTAH0N5 TO MSĘ CABOLIN ANI(
MIŚ GABÓŁP;-,—A fplly attended meeting
of the committee"who have the arrangements
in hand in connection with these
presentations was-held-on Friday afternoon,
. the . Advertiser reports, Mr D.
O'Keefe in the chair. Avery handsome
apd coitly jijyęr tea and coffee service
yith ^ot' water ufn »t»4 salvor en suite
was "selected fjom^beest^bljjBhmępt of
Mr H. Gfpdgingtpn fpr" presentation to
the mayoress, Mr Garolin ; &i>d a bjaautir
ful diamond braceclet. from Mr S,
Brookleys establishment as a gift to Miss
Carolin. Both presents are magnificent
examples of the .gold and silversmiths'
ajrt, and no doubt will be highly appreciated.
' fi was d&pi/led that the gifts
should "be presęnjtedly jthe chgipmgn, ĄJr
If. 0'JJeeffi on Tbesday (this) afternoon
j(K tjje ?owp ff*U/ in the large halL "^The
presentations ' Pre jreeoggtyioji of Mr
Oarolin> pmyoral |ncŁpit?H?Js'
SALE PF A g^W-WM SPARE.—On
Saturday at the Newmarket Hotel Mr T.
A. Swing submitted to auction oue-slsxth
share In the Union Sawmill Company,
Yes. The share, was sold to Mr D.
Watson of Trentham for £97.
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