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TIIB BEND]GO ADVERTISER
(PUBLISHED DAILY.)
FnoansasioK, oun iiianTS, and ocr nrsotmcma.
SANDHURST, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1886
DECENTRALISATION DECRIED.
Oun Melbourne friends do not like the
Decentralisation movement. They have
taken it into their heads to regard it as an
impudent attempt at an invasion of their
rights, and have done their best to make it
appear that it was set on foot
simply with a viow to the aggrandise
ment of Ballarat and Sandhurst. Thus the
Aye of yesterday says, " the bark of the
Decentralisation League is more formidable
than its bite. When they first took the
platform, the voice of its orators was as the
voice of a lion roaring for his prey. Ve
Icnda est Carthago. Melbourne \va3 to be
dismantled, and the spoil divided in equal
parts between Ballarat and Sandhurst."
The cause of this exaggeration is easily
traceablo to the excessive prejudices of the
Metropolitan miml. The intentions of the
League were misunderstood, and were as
cribed to Provincial feelings of envy, hatred
a»d malice, liut the --If/d goes 011 to say,
'' At the deputation which waited op the
Premier yesterday, however, the Jions of
the Leagmj moderated their tone, ;md
roared like very sucking dovos. If
they still entertained their magnificent
designs, they kept them steadily in the
background." This is a playful way of
dealing with a matter of importance which
the A'i<' and -others have affected not to
understand and evidently expected the Go
vernment to treat '.vitli scorn. The very
different manner in which it was dealt with
by the Premier has shown that the views of
the league were not extravagant. Ho could
discover very little in them which could be
contested, ant] yet, with sonjq iiot very
material moditications, tho platform, as laid
before him was identical with that adopted
at the initiation of the movement. He had
been led to believe, ho said, that their pro
posals wqu14 be ox a very formidable native.
Why ho should have bcmt under this im
prussion in inexplicable, unless he failed in
tho multiplicity of his responsibilities to
examine into tham for himself. and was con
tented to take his cue from tho loading
Melbourne journals. He was agreeably uii
dccoived when brought face to face with the
deputation, and found himself addressed,
jiot by a lot of roaring,lions, but by a body
of earnest yet reasonable men.
It is true that Sir. Gillies professed not
to understand the demand for an extension
of local government. tout (iiys tjjfi Jff,)
"their other requests worn so modest that
he said it did not require the formation of a
decentralisation league to recommend them
to rablo notice." ' That was a satisfac
tory statement enough, is but is "uestionable
whether it'would ever have been made if a
decentralisation leaguo had not been formed!
There iu'0 various thinjrs' which have been
asked for iron; tjnii i'l) tiir^.e Efof.ch ^oultj.
not be obtained. As, for instance, Sir
Burrowoe stated that lie had brought the
matter of the establishment of inland bonded
stores under tho attention of the... Into
Minister o' AIr La,"°dd.f' an<1
although it had been attended w ... Bora0
sort, the expense entailed on parties
interested was such that tho concessions
made were of no value" to them and had to
be relinquished. Dr Quick has endeavored
to obtain the appointment of deputy-pro
thonotaries in provincial centres ; aud it
need not be said how frequently the ques
tion of the establishment of Government
workshops up country has been laid before
Ministers without avail. The repeated
complaints with respect to the distribution
of the prospecting vote have been ineffec
tual, and the system of frittering away the
money has been persistently maintained.
What has bean dono in the vitally
iujpprtaiit matter of tho conservation of
forests, notwithstanding that j.t has
been pressed on the attention of the Go- j
vernnient for years past ? Last year the
concussion of excursion trains from (ho
metropolis to the country districts was
ivrung from the Commissioners, who granted
it by way of experiment, but there was no
assurance that it would continue to be
vouchsafed.
The "modest requests," in short, of the
league might have been vainly preferred in
any other way for indefinite periods. Reason
able as they are now found to be, they have
hitherto been procrastinated with in a most
tantalising and irritating manner, or have
been positively refused. How can it be
said, then, that there was no necessity for
the present agitation ? Would the Age
have been brought to admit that Mr.
Gillies is to be commended for confessing
that the platform of the league is based on
just grounds and is bound to receive the
favorable consideration of the Government
and the Legislature, if the league had not
sprung into existence ? The statement
that it originated in simple jealousy of the
metropolis and for the aggrandisement only
of Sandhurst and Ballarat is now seen by
those who have been so fond of making it
to have been unfounded. The A ye, however,
is far from being satisfied with the result so
far, and would remind the decentralisers
"that if they are badly treated in one way
they are liberally treated in another. It
was their cue, of course, ill the presence of
Mr. Gillies to ignore all that they got from
the central Government; but they could not
have forgotten that the central Government
was at the moment busy with the elabora
tion of a scheme of irrigation solely for their
benefit, which would run into millions, and
that it had already made itself responsible
for over £500,000 advanced to water trusts,
of which £103,000 was a free gift. To
this must be added the cost of rabbit and
scab extermination ; the endowment of an
agricultural college, with 150,000 acres of
the public estate, worth nearly £500,000 ;
the large sums voted to agricultural societies,
amounting, according to Mr. Service, to
over £110,000, and lastly the annual subsidy
of £310,000 for the ordinary purposes of
local Government." Do these sums come
out of the pockets of the Melbourne peoplej-'
Do the metropolitans not participate largely
in the advantages obtained by their dis
bursement, and is not their share of the
general revenue far larger than that of
all the people of the provinces put together 'I
Yes, says the Age, " but the metropolis
doe3 not complain that the country also par
ticipates" in the annual appropriations for
the advancement and adornment of Mel
bourne. It does not forget to remind the
country of it, however, nor does it refrain
from saying that the country ought to be
contented, and that its just demands are
frivolous, and not worthy of a decentralis
ing agitation. The league has clearly much
work before it yet, and a further hard battle
to fight.
Cablegrams.—The Prince of Wales h'*s invitod
tho Executive Commissioner* of the' Indian nnd
Colonial Exhibition to a dinner on the Queen's
Birthday. The strikes in America are subsiding,
and the eight bourn moToment, for which the men
aro contending, is collupsin?. There seems to bo
n difficulty in the formation of a Greek Cabinet.
It is now stated that SI Balbea has been entrusted
with the task.
Caulk Ratrs.—Our Melbourne correspondent
writes:—The decidion which the Government huve
arrived at with respect to the offer of reduced
charges for cables by the Eastern Extension Coin
pany, id to accept the unconditional offer of a re
duction of la 4d per word to and from Australia,
and also the reduction to 2s Sd offered on press
messages, on the understan ling that colonies not
contributing to the suhsidy should enjoy the same
privilege. But they decline to extend the term for
twenty years, during which the compa ,y shall
enjoy a monopoly of telegraph communication.
THE SEARCH FOR CONSTABLE RYAN.—During
the whole of yesterday the "Rev." J. N. Harle,
the mesmerist, was busily engaged in erecting a
temporary whip with which to bale the water out
of the shaft in Mr Tresize's paddock at Epsom,
where Mrs M. A. Hart, the clairvoyant, avers the
body of the late Constable Ryan has been de-
posited. The mesmerist was assisted in his labors
by Mr Carroll, Mrs Ryan's brother, and two or
three residents of the locality. Mrs Ryan was
also present during the afternoon, and appeared
to take considerable interest in the proceedings.
It is expected that the water will be baled out of
the shaft to-day, and the question as to whether
the body is in this particular shaft or not will then
be definitely settled. Dr Quick yesterday made
an application for probate of Ryan's will. He
was possessed of property valued at £432, which
he left to his wife, and could have drawn £465
from the Police Superannuation Fund if he had
chosen to resign. Judge Webb, to whom the ap-
plication was made, thought it had been made
rather too soon, especially as there was no urgency
in the case, and refused it for the present.
The Cadet Cows.—There is every probability
that (in some Friday towards the end of June
thero will bo a parad* in Albert Park of all the
Cidet corps in the colony, in wh'.ch only boys in
uniform will bo allowed to take part. A vary in
teresting display may be looked for,
ProihTK Court.—In the Supremo Court pro
bate jurisdiction yesterday (writes our Melbourne
correspondent) l)r. Quick, instructed by Messrs
Motteram and Hyett, moved tfiat probate of the
will of Robert Newbold, late of aandlmr.it, cab
proprietor, bs granted to Robert Newbo d, the
eldei, father and sole executor appointed by the
will. The will was made on 8;h December, 1877,
in the presence of Mr J. P. Motteram, solicitor,
and Wm. Bell, law clerk. The tettator died on
lOr.h April last, leav'ng real estate of the value of
£'2,028, and personally, £li,3Gl>18s 10.i; total,£8,391
18s lOd The application wass granted. In the
estate of Mrs Jane Oakely, late of Bridge-street,
Sandhurst, deceased intestate in which admini
tration had been previously granted to W. lifnrv
Oakley, the eldest son of the deceased. Dr. Quick
instructp.d bj- Messrs Crabbn and Kirby, moved
that the bond of the Jjondon Guarantee and
Accident Cqmpany be appepted in lieu qf the
ordinary administration sureties. The va'qe uf the
estate was £11(5-1. The applioatiimwu-igrantod Pro
bate was also granted to the wills of the following:—
William Burgess, £l,(i07; Frederick C. Haller,
£2,/i!)0; Thomas Humphreys, £5G1; Alfrod Jones,
£:>'.)3; Robert Kennedy, £79!); John M'Allan,
£8,172; William M'Leod, £.'j,(j7ti; George Fenrig,
£f>30. The Registrar has grunted the fol owing
probates :— Emily Hunter, £1S0; Thomas Rogers,
£350; G. 0. Wright, £3(51; Elizabeth Williams,
£-111; Sarah Freemantle, £.131; George French,
£48'2; Antonio J. B. Langier, £390; William
Bath, £181; AnuKvanB,£S3; G. R. Rowe Vivian,
£428; G. H". Oliver, £180; Jano Joriian, £350;
Hannah Furlong, £50; A. E.Lugar, £1S7; James
Lse, £!)G; H. M'Donnell, £130; Ann Boiyd'-n,
£280; Ann TeaEdale, £82; S. *1. Bukorj £300
And administration as follows :—Norah Evans,
£8li; Richard Marshall, £130; F B. Pearson, £!4;
Jtiines P»rk, £3fiC; 7,hoinas Cofley. £300; Mary
Downs, £20; Noah Taylor, £HG; Simon Robins,
£107; Surah Giles, £230; Emma Jaggs, £70; H.
IS. Habv. £329.
The 'Disposal ok Nicinsotf..—Wur Mel
bourne correspondent infoiinauy'that a conference
of the nietfonalitab and suburban councils was
hold at the Town Hal! yesterday afto noon to
poqaider that very unpleasant hut not lei's im
portant siU'jfpt of the disposal (if njglitsuil. Dr
lioso cmis-'itU'ri^ 'llf preqent hy^tpiii of disposal
most unsatisfactory, and h« Said it was known
1 that several serious cases nf typhuid bad occurred
owing to the present system, 'f the Government
prantQil a site tho niRhtsoil might bs treated in ,
such a way a™ to niak* it non-injurious to the
public health, whilst its fortilisinK quality wert
retained, ilr Bent, M.L.A , declined to believe
that the present nystem was favorable to the
development of typhoid ftvcr, and he pointed out
that if it were tho Brighton district ou?ht tn.be
decimate.!. Ha tbonpht that the representatives
of tho Central Board of Hi alth should have com-?
prepared with some dtfinite Echeme. Mr Fit?
fibbon also considered that the praspnt ostein
mo'. rt^i.aw-ibla icr typnaiii (eyor. Nq df
cisitm roTncU) bey-trod ihis^thrit a commutes
of uovan should bo appointed to consider the
matter, and Jbrin^up a report to a future meeting.
DlSl'E-VSABr AND MEDICAL INSTITUTE.— A Special
aummotiod meeting of Court Bandigo A.0.i\ wan i
held last ov, nine to c nsider t';a a;ua]jnmuti()u of
tpo Beijdijjo "pnittd Moudly Hiibiirty's® w^ebsary
and'Medical ^Institute. : A-'lonp; aiseussiutf tool:
piafce.'in'which'thd 'Apinione of the'members were
expressed in favor of amalgamation, il t'^e rights
p.f a]l oijtjs^ej's jjore £Qn£erYed' a?'q the expense
K3§ pot (leap-. ' It tyag eventually ijwfsec|" that
the jjjattT inould bo^ejt (n the liana'p'j :i.o dele
gates to the hnardSi BT, "3." Johnston was
iiaantmniuly eLecteci fj quo of the delegates in lieu
of Bro T. Gopsidine, resigned.
The Banp Contest,—Wf. ItVP informed
that a t-cloRrrjni J)aa beep received by Mr North
oatt. statins: that tho cheque far £50, dapauittd in
Umlinndu of Mesurc A'lan and Co, of Melbourne,
on ^ ^9 IjI\ur>ce3ton City Band, has been
atopp'd iD payment.
SCHOOL OF MINES.—The first of a series of
popular science lectures will be delivered in the
lecture hall of the School of Minos this evening by
Mr T. Jefferson Connelly on "the importance of
scientific and technological education" and the
president, Mr Alexander Bayne will take the
chair. The lecturer will deul with the subject
mainly in its relations to this country. Ho will
firot refer to education and its tendencies in
mode?!) times generally, and the present rapidly
proceeding evoivomotit of something liifo a science
of education ; then deal with tho present position
of technical eduea-ion in the old vorld and tlio
United States, mora especially touching upon the
German system; and will point out some of the
results and r.chievemon'B of each education, both
actual and in progress. Ho will then proceed to
shmv its special importanco in thj< country, wlip-a
everything ia K*~, and nearly oyerytbiag to be
learnt—here the natural rosoprces of the c >un
try require to bo first mora thoroughly ascertained
and then developed in the manner fittad to obtain
tho best results—and w^re the Ertsaqd manufac
tures will probably take navy form, and use new
methods, and certainly ought to do 60 to attain
their most boncficial development, viz , that best
suited t<i the now ph.v.nicfi] conditions and nmv con
ditions of life. He will a] mi refer to the effect of
scientific and technical education, not! only upon
tbe work, but upon tho workers themselves, and
the immense importance of this in so democratic a
country an ours, where tho^e workers form the
real "power behind the throne." Tho lecture
commences at eight o'clock, and there is freo
admission.
The Accident to Jin Haeriso.n".—The menus
of this gentleman will be glad to learn that tinder
the attention of Dr James Boyd he is recovoriug
from the injuries which he sustainod at Maldon a
few day8 ago.
The late Mr. John Stewart.—At the meet-
ing of the Hospital Board yesterday afternoon,
Mr Joseph referred to the death of Mr John
Stewart, who had been an old and esteemed
member of the board. He thought it would be a
fitting tribute on the part of the board to his
memory, to send a letter of condolence to the
widow. He moved accordingly. The motion was
seconded by Mr Taylor, and supported by the
president (Mr Hayes) who referred to Mr Stewart's
long connection with the institution, and the pains
he had taken in discharging his duties. The
motion was carried unanimously. In our notice of
the career of the late Mr John Stewart in yester-
day's issue we referred to the firm as Stewart and
Gibson, whereas it was more correctly known as
" Gibson and Stewart." The old "Edinburgh
Boot Mart" in Auction-street, occupied the same
site as the same establishment of later years in
Pall Mall. It should be mentioned that upon the
protective policy being adopted in Victoria in
1865, Mr Stewart established a boot factory in
connection with his business.
Bendigo Benevolent Asylum.—In the ab
sence of a quorum jyesterday afternoon, Mr
Darnton Watson rondo the following awards : —
31 applicants received aid b}- orders on store9; 21
in kind from tho institution ; one old woman %vas
admitted, and two pair of boots and one p'iir of
blankets were given to need f persons. 241 heads
of families were relieved out-door during, the
week; and there are in the institution 130 niales,
25 females,3 lying-in patieast,and 2 infants; total,
Nkw Insolvent.—John Pemlett.oi Laanocdorie,
farm laborer. Liibilitie-, £5.'! 16s; astets, £S; de
ficiency, £4") l<h. Causes: Losses on contract,
want of employment and pressure of creditors.
Assignee, Mr John Hanker; attorney, Mr Charles
Cohen. Meeting under section 53, Wednesday,28th
May, at 11.30 a.m. George Frederick Hunter, of
M'Crae-Btreot, Sandhurst, brewer. Liabilities,
£21,355 141 lid; assets, £13,104 IBs 4d; deficiency,
£8,190 ISi 7d. Causes : Losses in mining transac
tions, depreciation in value of hotel property, bad
debts, and pressure of credrnrs. Assignee, Mr
John Haskfir; attorneys, Messrs Crabbo and
Kirby. Meeting under section 53, Tuesday, 25th
May. at 11.30 a m.
The Australian Cricketers. — To-day mo3t
libeiy news will be received of the first match of
the fifth Australian Kleven, viz , against Lord
Sheffield's team nt Sheffield Park, Sussex. His
Lordship is a (,-reat supporter of cricket, and as
Iih grounds are very beautiful and within easy
access of London, no doubt the match will be
largely attended. The English team is a capital
one, comprising as it does, several of the bs=t of
the professional, and three of the very best
amateur batsmen in England. Should we get the
news during the day, it will be immediately posted
outside the office and it. the city.
A Presentation".—A very handsome silver
mounted pipe was presented yesterday afternoon
by the employes of the Sandhurst Post Office, to
Mr J. Wolfe,who hus been transfe red to Brighton.
Mr Petrie, on behalf of the employes, siid that Hr
Wolfe during his stay in Sandhurst, a period of
over four years, had won the eiteein and respect
of his fellow-employes, and he trusted that he
would often look back with pleasure to the many
happy days he had spent. Mr Wolfe suitably re
sponded
Breach of the Or.n Metal Dealers' Act.—A
suminuns has been issued asainst Mr 1*. Kohs,
marine store dealer of Bridge-street, for two
breaches of the Old Metal Dealers' Act. The
cases, which arise out of the recent prosecution of
twij men named Blanthorn and Wilson for steal
ing a copper boiler, which they subsequently Bold
to the defendant for Gs, comes on for heating
Wore Mr Webster, the police magistrate on
Wednesday next.
FIRST AID—At the Miners' Association
commitee meeting last evening, a let
ter was received from Captain C. B.
Payne, of St. John's Ambulance Associa
tion, forwarding a copy of the rules, and ask
ing the committee's assistance in pushing on the
work among the miners. The letter stated that
Dr Penfold had written to say that if classes could
be formed he would help by giving the necessary
lectures on first aid to the injured froe of all ex
pense. It was decided on the motion of Mr Coll
mann, seconded by Mr Sheppard, that the secre
tary should convey to Dr Penfnld, the hearty
thanks of the association, and also that the secre
tary should request those members who were willing
to form a class to send in their names, so that the
necessary arrangements could be made with the
doctor. As we have already had occasion to men
tion in our leading columns, instruction of the kind
Dr Penfold proposes to give would be of more
value to men engaged in tho precarious occupation
of mining, than in any other pursuit in life.
Lyin'C! in Ward.—The u3ual monthly meeting
of the ladies' lying-in ward committee was balii
yesterday at the asylum Present: Mesdamas
Crowley (in the chair), Clarke, Howell, Hall,
Budden, Warne, TVallis, Smith Since last maet
iug four patients have been discharged, and there
are at present three females and two infants in the
institution. A good deal of discussion took place
with regard to the various cases iu the ward. The
sub committee had used vigorous elf irts to make
provision for one difficult case. In their capacity
as board of advico to the gentlemen's committee
the ladies desired to suggest that the president, in
granting admission to tho institution, should make
it a conJition that the individuals applying shall
consent to be led by the advice of the ladies' com
mittee, as to their future movements in case thoy
are di«chareed homeless. Th« next meeting was
fixed for the second Tuesday in Juno.
Gits' (Jourt.—^easra K. B. Anderson and W.
.T. Baobier, presided at this court yester
day. A v/ell-known chancier named Andrew
Schollard was oliarged with beiDj? an idle and dis
orderly person having no visible means of support.
The accused pleaded "Innocent." Sergeant Puhey
said the prisoner had not committed any offence,
hut was a nuisance to the public in many ways.
When Jocfced up the previous evening he looked
mure like a blackfollow than u European, his face
and hands were bo filthy with dirt. Uutective
Sainsbury said that the accusr.d was found the
previous evening in an illoy at-the rear of the
Royal Mail Hotel, sleeping on a doorstep. The
weather was very cold, and he saw him a little
later endeavoring to eneonse himialf for the nipht
in a heap of ashes at the back of the premises.
Detective M^honey asked him if he had, any
blaukets, to which query S&hollard replied t^at he
did not require any, having b.ee^ a sailor for
years. Tlf i bench sentenced him to. l-J dnya' i^
priflonm''.iit. Edward Junes, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of having h^n drunk on the previous
d iy, whs fined 5s, or -JS hours in gaol. A number
of debt cases were dispojod of, and the court ad
journed.
TiiE Tambour Majoh Accident,—John Gates,
minor who was severely crushed by tho acci
dent which happened at l ha Tambour Ma jor Com
pany's olaiir. a few weeks ago, is progressing favur
ablv under the treatment of l)r Venfold.
■Voldstebu Mil'Tia.—We have been informed
that Lien'onant-Colcuel Aitken was iu Sandhurst
last evenirp.upoD matteri reiatingto the battalion.
He has decided upon having a muster o{ the
various detachments of the 4th battalion li^e on
Qn-en'a Birthday. The Sandhurst detachment
will meet at the Orderiy-ropic at 8, o'clock in the
morning, and wi 1 havi. a fjho;£ drill piiur to march
ing to the Ka'^.vf^y St'iiUaD, where it will be joined
by (he, r;-,en tram Oastlenv'ine, who will arrive by
the first train. The battalion wi 1 then proceed to
the cMalry dvlll ground at Back Creek, wherelini
will be formed, and a feu dejoie will be £reu at
12 o'clock. Subsequently the battalion will be
" marched past" in column, "very likely the
remainder of the r/tj^iyiilV'will bo devoted to a
sham-Sjht-. ia Which the cavalry will take part.
In iibnaaqueiice of the shortness of the days, an'4
a " whole-day " meaning eieht hours, it hai been
found necess ry to meet at y o'rlooJ. * ua., so as
to admit of the parade ljefog^isiyissed atao'clock,
One hour will be al'qwed fur lunch, which will be
pYoytd$d V'V nien *reo n* cost' P-Wuld the
weather prove line, a very pleasnrjt and instruc
tive day will no douht be SK.ct
Success ov a Saxv»hcv.>t Stuuent , — At the
HSuqI monthly meeting uf tho administrative couu
pil of the School of Mints last evening, it was
stated that at an examination recently held in
Sydney, and extending over I3days, of candidates
fnr the position of licensed surveyor, Mr E J.
Brown, lately a student m the mathematical and
survey clu?sea at. tho srhoul, succeeded in pa*#iJ5£
h 'cond out of 42 candidates from the vorir^; ^>lu
ntea.
The Proposed .7cve;-j-e. Ss».cstmai Exhibi
tion*.—jVt th'J i^Udr oi tin! Miner.-.' Association
CJi^tnitl«e list evening, a r. nnUition was receiv.d
from o'vor SO members of thy a-sociatirn ca!l:,;j,;
upon tho committee to convene a y.ub'i- .weting
of the association, to re consider tin whole matter
of holding a Juvenile la.ivjstrial Exhibition in
connection w'thtUe Miners' Association inniver
aar<v llie r,i?natnrc:i to the requisition wrru
headed by the name of Mr John Frede-:^^ who
tool: exception, tin'uccesifully^ to. %ue projiosal at
• the ipedal' ipeetVs ' fcwt Satuiaay evening. It
was reid'iV'^ 'ft £»H l,!C wetin;; fur Saturday
mcuius a,t ?.30 o'ploci;.
TasOip. YOLVNKEr. Vof.ce — A meeting tock
placa nn Wednesday (savs 'he Tcligrajih), at the
Victoria Coffee Palace, of the oripina' mem'n-ri
tho old volunteer force, e.-tab!i>-h»d ;<r, ISJS, at
which many ni«mb('p: assembled. L'. Goloml
Heath wa* *<utod iu ti.u chair, viil it mi resolved
that cithor 3 dinner or a ball should take pl-.-ce at
an eai-ly data to commemorate the organisation of
the Victorian Volunteer force.
The Late Mil David Scott.—Yesterday after
noon the remains ol the late Mr David Scott, <.f
Rowan-street, were interred at tlia General
Cemetery. The funeral was well attendud, ta.o
r.lii"f niuiirners being the descaaed's fciy.taer," Mr
Robert Scott", his fen.. liavsd Scott; hi"
nephnw, Mv J. A- (i- ^oott, and Ki-amison, Mr
Smith, while amon? several well-known citizens
was Mr Denovan, tlid town clerk. Th-i iuneral
service wa* read by Dr Ni-h, of whose connreza
tion the deceased genUenj.Mi wan a member,
Tar. T.ockwood an'i> Maeosc. V.'.v:u.,. .jVi-plt.
—On Wednesday evenin.T.Mr 0'-itTus'-r, secretary
to tbe Ljc!:w0a.i and ^Sarong W»tPr Supply
ichuruu, recsivod a letter frr.m Mr J. H. M'Coll,
M.L.A. aU'ing ^at Ijingtrea hn civen
orders that th» survey of the proposed chaan^
shall be pushed on. lie expected that it v-'i'Jd i»
commenced in about ten day?, 1
Thk Kaim'all.—Th; ilu-cu:or of. the< School of
Mines, 5'rJt. Iitoogh'Smyth, rep d to the ad- |
tuiiiiatrative council last evening, that tho rainfall J
during the trmnth of April as registered, aV .))«
school w.is O'OT'i inches, and ?<■_ ii; private resi
dence in Barkly Plac? 0 OSii. inc!:e-".
T^E liliSfcUU in connection with the Sandhurst
School of Mines and Industries wio visited t>?
2,754 visitors during the la.-t month.
The Kimueuley Ooldfieu).—"Tiic K'.nth \..
tra'ian Reg-ster," of 10th May contains tliei!,*'"...'
ing information with regard to the r.ew Western
Australian goHfie'.d" We have bee:; rnan!
with the following er.tract from a private Un
dated Peith, 21st April ' Much gold ha, v,,'1'
four d. Th« bicRe.it negget 1 havo mn, v. hich 4,
bought by the Government to send to the Coh.r'i^j
and Indian Kxhilntion, was over 1!) o;>~a vj'^.
fair specirn. n. The 'liters all describe th- Cm '
brideo Gulf road an very bad, and that fruir liui,'v
though longer, as preferable. One ili^rr I
this morning told me tins uislits had been qui:c't„ i;
at the dipgings, and that the miners worked ti)n,i:--h
the middle of the day.' Another private
dated Derby, IStli April, Btnten M is
tiful. I saw a Rreai. deal of it. Over £00 i,2,
tained already. T lire a men c;i>t 64 oy.., in f,.-.rr i3aV
The field is of a largo extent' Hie pcriticnian wh
furnished us with the above extract.-, s.v.-- .1
'People should be cautious in pri.cet■■■iiug t<, \in
country without having a supply of v\ti<m-. ci
to last at least uix month?. In the um;,,.r r,
country becomes very boggy, and with ;i te;
there ia no knowinp h»«v Ion? you may h ive t,,
main in one Hpot through the b»RRy yt .to ot t!
country. Men shou'd be provided with v..i\,
; keep off the flies, as they are very uncu.'u.,
i that locality, and a constant gontco of : »ai-y»r,t
| In fact, a few yards of mosquito netting wuuU
' of the greatest use and comfort.'"
New Railway OrESED.—ThenewW c.wstnuieij
railway lino {rum Murtoa ti. Warrackjnbwil.bcin;.
a branch of tho north-western line tn l)imbi»)i;l|Wa^
oponed with considerable cclat nn Weilntnl ,y.'
Death cf an Eureka Stockaiie
One of tho few remaining veteran* of the i'.nn l.i
Stockado episode has (says the Gcdonti Ailnrit/.'T\
passed away, in the person of Mr John i'ardy
who has for upwards of 30 years been residing
Dennya Place with his mother, who is nearly <;;j
years of age, aud ia now left without her on'iv
support. He was of a retirinp; dUi:n*i!inu, ar;j
was very reticent with regard to hi J experienc; iu
the stockade, where he was wounded veiy severely
by a soldier's bayonet. He was a native (";
Tipperary, and arrived in the colony b'.f.jre tin
disrsinEs commenced in 1851.
Fatality is the Bush.—A Rad accident tooV
place on Tuesday near Congupna. A ymu:g mil *
named Moller was returning from TullygMiKi'm-'
whore ho had been grain-buying, when''frum
unknown cause he got thrown from his horse.'anOi
was subsequently found in the road insensiU
He was conveyed to the Dentisls'-hall, whore h.j
died before medical help could arrive.
ALLEGED FrACH BT PAWNBltOKEIiS.— An in
gonious and novel form of imposition, which, it j.
alleged. has (-ays thn Aryus) been 3ue>H<f1;i;v
workt d by pawnbrokers for some time past in ti,i.
city, has been brought under the notice of ti,
police by a person on whom it has been |ir,vt'. )
A pawnbroker, it is stated, sometime
opsr&tions by purchasing w.itches and article., ,'t
jewollory of very little value at auction m.nt> • r
sums probably ranging from 10s to £1.
goods aro imitations of gold or silver, but
sufficiently well got up to stand an oMhvuy
examination. The pawnbroker places any Mich
article that he has bought amongst hit or'.imuy
stock of pledges, and make.? out a ticket for n »,
somo fictitious name, the ticket affirming; that f.
or some other sum very considerably ahnve t|.e
value of the article, has been advanced upon it.
This ticket is given by the pawnbroker to a con
federate, whose services are very essential t»
the successful carrying out of the fraud. The
confederate takes an opportunity of introducing;
himself t>> some stranger, and shows him the p.um
ticket, offering to sell it to him, with the right to
recovar the article referred to in it for porinps rw.
The stranger is induced to purchase the tid-ct,
thinking that he has an opportunity of gcttinr a
bargain; but when he presents the ticket to the
pawnbroker he is fleeced of s mo smaller sun;,
alleged to be due as interest, and when ho hu, |iWi
that amount and the £5 which was aliened u> 1 me
been advanced on the article, it is produced to hire,
and he discovers that he has laid out upwards . i
£7 upon an article not worth £1. The pilicevii!
take steps to ohtain sufficient evidence against a:i
alleged perpetrator of a frau 1 of thi above
character in the case brought under their notice,
and if they aro successful the off.iukr \vi!; i«
prosecuted for conspiracy, or for fiUifyii^ his
books.
A ComiEXDABlE Act.—At tin meotine of tLe
Administrative Council of tho School <.f Mint>
and Industries last evening, a omniunicatius w.n
received from Messrs Brown and Ellis™, ?,.'i
tors, enolo3ing tlia school's lease t'rom th->
Mechanics' Institute. The costs in the matter
amounted to £10 10s, which the firm genenm.lv
donated, with best wishes for thofuture priority
of the school. The comrontiieatf.on was jeeeivui
with thanks, and, on tlia motion ui tho pre.-id-n:,
Mr A. Bayna, it was unanimously decried to
create Mr Brown a life governor of '.lie s.-liool.
Insulting Behavior.—A young man
JolinJD ividaon was arrested by Constables Duatfi
and \Vallaco in High-street last evemair, on a
charge of insulting behavior. The defendant h;.l
been creating a disturbance iu the Salvatiun
Army Barracks, and on leaving tlis pine-; w.n
given in charge by one of the officers. He k: 3
subsequently bailed out in one suiety of 1:10, atu
his own recognisance of £10, to appear at the city
court this morning.
The Minister of Mines at St. Ar.sunr.—
Tho Minister of Mines, Mr J. L. Dow, vi.-i>ed St.
Arnaud on Wednesday. Mr Dow received several
deputations on mining and other matters. In the
ovoning the Minister wasentertaiued at a lunqiia
in the town hall, and, in resyunse to the toav...{
Her Majesty's Ministers in Victoria, referred toil, 0
prosperity of Victoria ad compared with tlio ether
colonies, which he believed to be mainly attribu
table to tho adoption of a system of guverumi.:;'.
which gave local bodies a voice in Urn miira.il
government of tho country. The present visit v.:n
11 ascertain from practical sources what was iiv
needed to revivothe mining interests of tiie coiuny,
and while he promised nothing in the wav 't
assistanci, lie hoped theso vUits would lead t->
something practical for tlie good of minm; and
the colony generally. He referred to (lie irriga
tion schemo as of the first importance wit!i the
present Ministry, and helioved that it would be.
Universally approved by the country.
HVrossrs. L. Macpher^on and (Jo. will soil '.r p*::
auction to-day at Elmore GO acres of u^rii-ntSur.il U
at Goornontf, well fenced aud partly eleacw.
To-day at Echuea, Messrs. I'owei-s, S5utU»;rf>>r<\ u
Co. will sell 4,000 ineriuo wethers fiwin ohm vi ibe i
stations ou the Lachlau.
At the Moronjr Hotel to-^tyx, atone o'clock, 3!r
G. Beutley, who lias rect\ired instructions from Mr
Puliner, will sell jxuiiea, farm wai^ou, w-i-' ut-'
cattle dray, jinkw% w^jutelle-taWe, spiiug cart, iur;;'
and suudr\Gi.
Th\%oveuiu£, the Bev. J, Hunter Potter will <1
a lecture at the West Sandhurst Presbyterian (.'li-r
Bowan-street, on " £Vivid Livimrstoii'V
By auannouu«aneiit in our advertisim; column*,
will be notic&i that Mr Thomas Ken of K-bu-a, 1
brouirb.t his <ycte»»siye stock, of ffuns, ei'\ t<» S.ui<]h';r
o.uu joined his son, Atv- John lt-.u, of M"l'™ ••»*r
Messxjs Rea and Son "AQdejtake to curry out ;b
guiminkers, loQiamiths and machinists, :;s rh-a;.!;" -
as wello* \\\\y otiier Una \\\ Victoria.
A s^ie. by auction of mfure than ordinary inu»«>rtar
; will b£ IieJd tordus\ comiueucin^* at two oVlorii, at '•
Ruinyinedo Elmore, by Messrs. ii. -M. llu-"
an<l Co., camptisiuifFarm at Dhnrora, IJiinn) im
Hotel at iiliuovG j ul «o brick house, twosbov-, boanr
house, cottftgii, and 12 allotments of land in n;:
locality* aud several horses, biunrie.s, varr.-. Iur::•*
Qte* A luucheon will be provided, and u- it ^ ,v<
since a sale of such a character has bc»;u r»«-M i'j «
district, a largo atteudauce of buyers slvaM 1
at the sale.
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