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TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENOE.
'NEW SOUTH WALES.
SYDNEY, Feb. 10.
Last night, a boarding-house keeper
named Baldwin, of Brisbane, fired four
shots from a revolver at a: man named
Stratford, who had eloped with his wife.
A number of gentlemen, including Mr
Hay, the President of the Logislative
Council, have consented to join Mr Bur
ton Bradley in establishing model lodging
hotises in the city. '
The drought on the Darling has broken
up, and an inch and a half of rain has'
fallen at'Bourke.
A large quantity of bag wheat has been
'destroyed in the Parkes district during
the late rains.. \ s ,
It is still raining in ?ydney.
. . .ý- Feb. 17..ý
Two days' heavy rain has fallen at West
Kompsy, and floods iaroepprelhended.
The ship Lammermoor,'arrived to-day,
from Loidon,'brings the rest of the stores
necessary to equip the torpedo'corps for
active service.
' Feb. 18.
s:teps are being taken in the Assembly
to test the legality of.ehar ink for admis.
sion to the Association', ricket Ground,
;,The weather, is still unsettled. It is
raining at intorvals. 'Heavy rain has
fallen in the Gwydir district, andiat Graf
ton. Fears are entertained of a flood in
the latter, district. . ,
BreadstufIs ~re firnmer." Nearly all the
wheat to hand-has, beeoon bought at Os ld
to 6s 2d. For Victoiian wheat Os 6d.
At a special meeting of the City Council'
today, to~considor thisTrainway Bill ne'
beforo the Assembly,' it' was':decided that
it was not delirable'to lvoeny tramways
in Sydney. C ' ' ?" '
The Hancock will forgery case came on
,this mborning, bht the prisoners challenged
40 jurors and exhausted :the panel: " The
case is' postponed till the 20thl when a
panel of 140 jurors will be provided.'
The permanent artillery, which nium
bers 300 men, will, leave the barrackli to
man tho' batteoiies,' and will remaid on
active duty until the alarm of any.further
European complications has subsilded. .
The Avoca takes 20,000 sovereignu,'and
3070z, of: ,bld.'
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