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GENERAL NEWS.
Sir T. Cockburn-Campbell and Mr. S. H.
Parker have, saye the London correspon
dent of the 8. A. Advertiser, taken com-
fortable quarters in Bury-street, St. James'.
finr^TTintiifMH^ti ott jjQg South Australian
telegraph line, which was interrupted be
yond Eucla at nine o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing was restored the same night.
The subject of the following notice in
the Melbourne Argus, of March 7, ia a
natif e of this colony, and is a grandson of
Archdeacon Wollaston, who was well-known
among the pioneers of 'Western Australian
?ettlemenl :— 'Mr. H. N. P. Wollaston,
chief clerk of the Customs department, has
passed his examination as a doctor of laws.
On that fact becoming known yesterday,
he was warmly congratulated by his fellow
ofiicers on the distinction he had attained ;
and Mr. Patterson, as the political head of
that department, also complimented Dr.
. 'Wollaston on the snccess which had at
tended Mb studies. Dr. Wollaston also
holds the position of standing counsel for
the Marine Beard, haring been admitted
as a barrister some vears aeo. and various
Commissioners of Customs have at different
times appealed to him for legal advice in
carrying oat the affairs of the department.'
Mr. Wollaston is a Justice of the Peace for
the colony of Victoria, and is the first na
tive of Western Australia to graduate at
the Melbourne University. Hie is a near
relative of Mr. S. H. Parker, M.L.O.
Rain is officially reported as having
fallen during the 48 hours preceding -9 a.m.
Mar. 17 at the undermentioned,obser*ing
stations : — At Derby .11, La Grange Bay
.20, 'Coesack .17. Broome .13, Ashburton
.05, Condon .03, while at Roebourne .02
hundredth points of an inch were register
ed. On jSunday the weather was— cloudy
and sultry at tiroome ; threatening at Roe
bourne and Cossack ; sultry at Ashburton
and Hamelin Pool ; gloomy at Fortescue ;
joveceaatt and fine at Bremer Bay and Wil
fikms: overcast at Esperanee Bay;
threatening and overcast at Cendon;
overcast and cloudy at Eucla ; cloudy at
Norfcham, Buabury, Albany, Israelite Bay
and Eyre ; cloudy and gloomy at Derby ;
but generally fine elsewhere. The highest
shade readings recorded were — at Cossack
UBj Carnarvon 96, Derby 95, Ashburton 93,
' 'Geraldton 88, Fremantie 84, Perth 80,
York 78, Bunbury 78, Esperance Bay 70,
and at Albany 64 degrees.
Those interested in squatting pursuits
in this colony will be glad to learn that an
agency of lie Wolseley Bbeepshearing mach
ine has been opened in this colony, unier
the supervision of Messrs. H. Watson &
Co., of Hay-street, Perth. We understand
it is Messrs. Wataon & Co/a intention to
give an exhibition of the working of this
machine at an early date.
Last Monday that portion of the new
pile of Government Buildings in St.
George'B Terrace set apart for the offices
of the Land Titles Department was occu
pied, for the first time, by the Commis
sioner and his staff, who are to be con
gratulated upon the fact of being located
in such convenient quarters.
The following cases were dealt with at
the' Perth Police-court last Monday, by
Mr. Jas. Cowan, A. P.M. For drunkenness
? Lancelot Harne was fined 10s., or or
dered to go .to gaol for two weeks in de
fault ; and John Hennessey was afforded
the option between paying 5s. and of un
Aarmvmo nn« week's imprisonment. Wil
liam White was ordered to pay 20a., or
else be imprisoned for a month, for having
been guilty of drunkenness and disorderly
behaviour. James Nicholls was charged
with having used thr^ateaing language
towards John Bryant, on the llth inst., at
St George's HalL It appeared from the
evidence that the complainant is President
of the Union Quadrille Assembly , and that
on a previous occasion the defendant had
attended an sssembly dance at the hall
without an invitation, when be assaulted a
young man named Maggs, for winch
Bryant had him turned oat of the halL
Subsequently the complainant, by direction
of the committee, wrote toNieholls' request
ing him not to attend the gatherings for the
future. But the defendant went to another
one on the 11th inst-, wh-jn he was twice
turned out of the hall by tbe police, after
having threatened 'to smash Bryant's
jaw' and to 'knock out his brains.'
Soob. afterwards Bryant took out a sum
mons against NichoUf ; and the next day
the two met just before 1 p.m. in Hay
street, when Nichols called him ' a ?
thing,' and made a motion with his right
arm as if he would deal Bryant a back
handed blow in the face. The uttering of
the threatening language was proved also
by p.c. Painton. Mr. Haynes, on behalf of
the complainant, asked that Nicholls should
be bound over to ke*p the peace for six
months ; but Mr. Cowan refused to do so,
and fined the defendant 20s., in addition to
ordering him to pay 6s. 8 J. coate.
A peculiar accident happened at the
Catholic Cathedral last .Sunday morning.
While the Sight Bev. Bishop Gibney via
Hi»livf-rincr tlip sermon at the ten o'clock
Mass one°of the chains holding the pulpit
sounding-board suddenly snapped, in con
sequence of which one side of tbe board
fell, and his lordship had to hold it up
with his hand until some gentlemen went
to his assistance. The unexpected occur
rence created some commotion, but after
a brief pause the Bishop continued his
discourse.
All the Banks in Perth were closed
to-day (Wednesday.) that day having been
gazetted a back ho'iday.
A telegram from BcebourEe, of Monday's
date, was received on that day. Tne
message was to the following effect: —
Heavy rain had fallen at Nnllagine on the
5th inst. A man named Beaton got 150 oz*.
of gold from one cartload of washdirt, ob
tained' at a depth of 27 feet. James Carey
found close upon 300 ozs of gold in ten
days. Several new rich patches hare been
discovered, bat there is not much doing at
the Ttifl.in camp.
The following cases have been set d -wn
for hparing by the Full Court, which will
sat at ten o'clock yesterday morning. In
Bankruptcy : In re C. D. Price (in liquida
tion) ; appeal against the order of Mr.
Justice Leake, dated the 31st July, 18S9.
W01i-un Hartley Neelands and Richard
Henry Barratt (appellants) v. Wesley
Maley (respondent) ; appeal against the
order of Mr. Justice Leake, dated the 20th
February, 1890. Special Case : In re the
estate of Walter Bateman (deceased) ;
Franz George Beste and Eliza Hester (his
wife) v. John. Bateman ; case for opinion ef
the Court.
Some idea of the absurd and furious exac
erbation of feeling which prevailed among
the Lisbon populace against England and
the English, with reference to the British
Portuguese difficulty, may be gathered from
fiie following abstract from a Portuguese
newspaper : ' War upon the Englishmen !
wax, yes war, upon the gang of thieves ;
war without truce or quarter ; war in every
shape and farm. Destroy England's com
merce; show up her dishonor. Let Europe
know what cowardly rascals live in its
midst — rascals who cringe to powerful
Bismarck and to the United States, but are
insolent when they feel they can be so
with impunity. The English are a mean
race ; who have got on by deceit, em
bezzlement, villainy, robbery and cor
ruption. Let every Portuguese who loves
his country regard the name of England as
synonymous with the vilest vices. We
call upon our country, under pain of de
filement, to shake no Englishman's hand.
If a Portuguese woman listens to the ad
dresses of an English thief she will be dis
honored. It is our first duty to our
children to teach them' to hate the ac
cursed spawn of Norman and Saxon pirates
and to grow up to avenge the affront given
tn their fathers. Villains ! Villains all !
And if % squadron of these wretches dare
enter our Tagus to affront us for being
poor in war ships, and to threaten us with
their guns, let the people without hesi
tation, make prisoners of the whole Eng
iah colony, sparing neither women norj
children ; and tell the admiral that if one
bombshell falls ic Lisbon every one of
their hostages will be put to death with
out an hour's delay. The wretches may
do their work. Lisbon will not have died
without wreaking revenge.' Yet all this
tall talk came to nothing.
At the Fremantie Police-court last Mon
day James Brown, charged with, being
druuk, admitted the offence through his
solicitor (Mr. Farrelly) and was fined 10s.,
with the option of going to prison for 7
days. James Dymock admitted being
drank and was fined 10s. J. Mulluish, for
permitting a horse to stray in Mouat-street,
was fined 2s. 6d. and costs. Rose Smith,
for disorderly conduct, was fined 40s., with
the alternative of going to prison for one
month.
Last Monday an inquest was held at the
Fremantie Lunatic Asylum touching the
death of an inmate of the institution,
named Alfred Steel, aged 68 years, who
was admitted as far back as the year 1863.
The primary cause of death was haemorr
hage of the lung. Deceased was a son of
an old well-known resident of Guildford,
where some of his relatives are still living.
The go-as-you-please contest at the Port
? Town Hall on Saturday evening was in
every respect a success. At 2 o'clock the
race started, and was won by Baynor — 8
miles 6 laps ; Bo»ell 2nd, 7 miles 26 laps.
Boys race j Bree 1st, 4 miles 1 lap ; Costigan
2nd, 3 miles 27 laps ; Hayes 3rd, 3 miles
26 laps.
Last Monday Mr. Harry Williams
brought to our office a collection of very
fine peaches that were grown upon his es
tate at Angel's Land, in Fitzgerald-street,
of she weight of upwards of a quarter of a
pound each. The sample shown us were
taken from a tree the first of which was
imported to this colony by Sir Frederick
Welde, and known as ths 'Admirable
Peach,' the success of which, under Mr.
Williams's supervision, speaks volumes for
Wester' Australia as a fruit-producing
colony.
The cricket match between the Perth C.
C. and the federal C. C. was continued en
the New Recreation Ground last Satur
day.
Communication en the Bridgetown tele
graph line was interrupted at nine o'clock
on Saturday morning.
By information received from Colombo,
it is expected that the R.M.S. Austral will
arrive at King George's Sound not later
than Thursday next -the 20th inst), three
days in advance of contract time. MaHs
for the Australian Colonies will consequent
ly close at tbe General Post Office at 11 a.m.
on Wednesday next (the 19th inst.), in lien
of the following Friday. Should the E.M.S.
Austral not arrive as early as expected,
supplementary mails for the Australian
Colonies will close, in Perth at 1L30 a.m.
on Thursday next (the 20fch inst.), for
despatch by train to Albany and thence to
destination.
Our telegrams s3uw a most terrible
state of affairs prevailing at the present time
in portions of New South Wales and Queens
land, where numbers of families are home
less in a condition of semi-starvation owing
to the floods which prevail to an un
precedented extent. If snch. widespread
nnlaTnirioB happened in China or other
foreign countries, long ere this steps would
have been taken to collect subscriptions for
the sufferers, but (probably- because our
own countrymen only are concerned) we
hear of nothing being done in this direction
in the present instance. In connection
with these floods our readers will remem
ber that Mr. Edeson, a young meteorologist
employed by the New South Wales Go
vernment, predicted the occurrence of such
Eome time ago, and further stated that they
would be followed by a lengthy period of
drought. So far, therefore, his prophecy Iiaj
been fulfi led.
Only four cases were set down for heat
ing at the Perth Police-court on Saturday
James Tarns, a ticket of leave holder, ad
mitted that he was absent from his report
ed lodgings after ten o'clock last night.
In excuse, he said he had only just come
cut of prison after doing a long sentence,
and had taken too much diink. Sergt.
Claffey stated that about a month ago the
accused had completed a term of five years'
imprisonment.; that two days after his
return he was sentenced to three weeks'
imprisonment, which term he completed
only two days ago. The man begged hi*rd
for ** another chance,' as he was en
gaged to work on the Midland Bail
tray. Mr. Cowan said he wonld give him
a chance, but warned him it would be the
last one he would get, and then dismissed
the case. Henry Holmes and William
Holmes, charged with vagrancy, were let
off with a caution. William Bozball was
summoned for having neglected to pay his
wife 10s. a week, in obedience to an order
made against him on the 24th iast. Mr.
Haynes (who appeared for the complainant)
asked the case si.oold be aJjourned sine die,
on the ground that Mr. F. M. Stone (on
behalf of the defendant) intended to appeal
to the Supreme Conrt against the Acting
Police Magistrate's decision. The applica
tion was granted.
In our Friday's Perth Police-caurt
report, by a compositot's error we were made
to say that Mr. A Scott was. fined 5s. and
costs for having allowed intoxicating liquor
to be consumed on his licensed premies
(the Empire Hotel) during prohibited
hours. Of course the fine imposed was £o.
The Colonial mails per fi.M.S. Oceana
were delivered in Perth last Saturday.
Messrs. Neelands and Co.'s sale of scrip
on Saturday passed off very successfully,
some of the tin shares being eagerly sought
lifter. The aggregate amount of the sale
was about £,70.
Rain is officially recorded as having fallen
during the 24 hours preceding 9 a.m. Mar.15
at the W. A. observing stations : — At Wil
liams -01, Vasse -03. Mount Barker, -OS,
Albany -12, Bremer Bay, -12, and at
Esperance Bay -02 hundredth points of an
inch were registered. On Friday the
weather was — cloudy at Broome, Dougarra,
Gingin, Berkshire Valley, Nor t ham. York,
Beverley, Guildford, Jarrahdale, Vasse,
Kejonup, Mount Barker, Albany, Israelite
Bay *-nd Eyre; overcast at Bannister,
Williams and Arthur ; threatening at
Bremer Bay; squally at Carnarvon and
Esperance Bay ; fine but cloudy at La
Giange Bay, Condon, Ashburton. Geraid
ton.Gretinough, Sew Norcia and Mandorah,
but either fine or clear elsewhere. The
highest shade temperatures recorded
Mar. 15 were — At Ashburton 107, Cossack
96, Derby 93, Carnarvon 84, fork 79,
Geraldton and Perth 76, Fremantie 75,
Esperance Bay 72, Bunbury 70, and at
Albany 69 degrees.
We understand that the Fremantie
Municipal Council purpose taking im
mediate steps against the bondsmen of Mr.
Gliddon, the Council's kite collector, for the
recovery of the amount that they are al
leged to be responsible for.
At the Fremantie Police Court last
Saturday Thomas Wardell was charged
with stealing a pair of elastic-side boots,
the property of Mr. W. L. W. Harper. The
charge *as clearly proved, and the accused,
being a bad character, was sent to prison
for 6 months. Elizabeth Fletcher, charged
with vagrancy, was sent to prison fcr six
weeks. Thomas Mclntyre was fined 10s.
for being drunk and in default sent to
prison for 7 days.
A billiard match for £5 aside was played
at the Pearlers' Hotel, Fremantie, last
Friday between Messrs. C. Brown and F.
Marchant, 1000 up, the latter conceding
500 points, playing with two cues. The
game was most interesting throughout,
and was won by Marchant by 117 points,
the highest brake being 143.
A meeting of the shareholders of the
Caledonian Gold Mining Company, which
was advertised to be held at the offices of
Messrs. Rogers and Bason, on Friday after
noon, had to be postponed owing to jso few
of the shareholders putting in an appear
ance. '
During the week ended the 14th inst.
the number of persons who visited the
Victoria Public Library was 257.
The following, according to recent ad
noes, is the latest corrected list of passen
gers from London to Albany per B. M. j3.
Austral — due there on Friday, March 21 —
Mr. and Mrs. S. Fisher, Mrs. M. Har
greavea and child, and Messrs. W. H. Tim
perley, W. Evented, A. E. Simpson, and
H. Gwynne. CoL and Mrs. Phillimore
reached Plymouth from Albany in the
B.M.S. Carthage on February 9.
In the couise of dealing with informations
sworn against a number of persons at the
Fremantie Police-court lately for keeping
unlicensed dogs the Magistrate (Mr. Fair
bairn) remarked that the Municipal bye
laws were bad. It appeared, he said, on
reference to the Dog Act, 1883. that any
one keeping a dog over the age of three
months without licensing it was liable to be
fined, whereas the municipal bye-law fixed
the period far licensing a dog at the age
of six weeks.
Mr. Geo. Andersoc opened the Gaiety
Theatre, formerly known as theOddfellows'
Hall, hist Thursday evening. The
hall was not crowded, but the at
uHiu&nce wjjs very fair. The scenery has
been greatly improved, and the new drop
curtain (a view of Venice) gave quite a
bright and pleasing appearance to the
front of the stage. When the curtain
dropped, to the conclusion of the
first part of the performance, Mr.
Geo. Anderson came to the foot-lights
and thanked the audience for their
attendance, and announced it as his in
tention to settle in Fremantie, where, he
?aid, he had made many friends, whose acts
of kindness he should never forget. His
intention' was to give one or two perform
ances every week, which would no doubt
secure the patronage of the residents at the
Port. He hadalready entered into arrange
ments with a popular travelling company
expected to arrive in the eolony at an early
date, .and he would go on mmiring improve
ments in the scenery and would endeavor
to snpply more comfortable sittings for
the audience. The entertainment formed
generally a musical variety, and the per
formers were loudly applauded in going
through their several parts. The opening
of the Gaiety Theatre, therefore, may be
pronounced as a great success.
On Saturday last Mr. Cockram's annml
race meeting took place on tie private
course adjacent to bis well-known hostelry,
near the Serpentine. The various events
were witnessed by a large number of the
surrounding residents, who evinced a lively
interest throughout the proceedings.
Sir Napier Broome has taken a house at
Elm Park Gardens, South Kensington, says
the correspondent of the S.jL Advertiser .and
means to settle down there with his wife
who arrived by the Cartilage last Saturday.
Lady Broome is a great favorite in the social
set of which poor Lady Brassey used to be
leader, and will be cordially welcomed
home. Sir Napier appears to be under the
impression he is still Governor of Western
Australia, and corrects anyone who refers
to Sir W. C. F. Robinson as such with a
stern ' Governor-designate, sir ! not Gover
nor.'
The London correspondent of the^de
laide Observer makes tbe following refer
ence to the circular recently circulated in
England concerning Chorchi matters ip
this colony : — There has just been issued a
circular to the home public appealing' for
subscriptions on behalf of tbe Diocese of
Perth. The chief inspirers of the circular
seems to be Bishop Parry, of Perth, and
the Chairman of the English Aid Com
mittee (Colonel Sir E. Y. W. Henderson),
l Some passiges of it are rather inopportune
ly made public at this period of Western
Australian history. For instance, it is stat
ed that one enormous difficulty, both in
clerical and industrial labours, is that while
there are splendid tracts of land on which
settlements are made they are often separ
ated by expanses of sterile country. The
want, until recently, of minerals and of
railways, to facilitate trade with the rest
of Australia, has also been against finan
cial prosperity ; and though there are signs
that better times are coming the Western
Australians still do little more than live.
It is further stated in the circular that a
friend—* candid friend, it might be sup
posed — in the colony writes : — ' Our great
difficulty is the want of money. The peo
ple about here are all willing to give all
they can ; but it is very-hard to take money
from them, as they are small farmers, and
have to work hard to maintain their fami
lies.'
From the Y«rk local paper, of March
15, we take the following news items :—
One of the vans belonging to the York and
Yilgarn Carrying Company arrired in town
yesterday morning with one passenger., a
Mr. Bruce, a mining expert and geologist,
who reports very favourably of the pros
pects of the fields. The driver reports
that no rain had fallen on the fields up to
the time of his leaving, the 9th inst., and
that the residents were all using condensed
water. All *vere enjoying good health, no
sickness being prevalent. With reference
to the route, the driver further states that
Mr. Marwick is engaged in «inlHng a tank ]
at Boorakoppin, near the old one, and that i
good, water was rushing in in fair quanti
ties. He also states that Mr. Knight had
put a man on at work in sinking a well at
the basement of a large rock at Tootagin,
some considerable distance from the tank,
and they were very sanguine of obtaining
a good supply ot' water.— In consequence of
the large quantities of sandalwood, farm
produce, etc., beiug lespatuhed from thus
town of late, a special train has been
placed on, which runs between here and the
Metropolis every other day. Something
like 280 tons ot freight left tbe local station
during last week. Even with the special
train sonsicterable difficulty is experienced
in conveying the different parcels to their
destination.
A message from Carnarvon is lying at the
Central Telegraph Office for — Florence.
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