QUEENSLAND NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1544, 28 April 1887, Page 2

QUEENSLAND NEWS.

(iTBOM A COBBEBPONDENT.) 1 It Is an old Baying that it ia a long l»ne that never has a turning, and I think t^at this ia applicable t« a Queensland summer, for It is now on the tarn. Wo have had very heavy floods here lately, all the rivers have been above the level of the bridges, and m some places these were washed away altogether. To give yon some idea of the flood, at Alpha the rain fall registered 10 incheß for 2 hours. The railway for 8 miles was completely under water, bo passengers had to be conveyed m trollies and boats. The rivers are all down now and the traffic is resumed. The weather ia pleasant, sinoe tLe extreme heat has ended. The max. m the snn is 110, ' m the shade 80' St Patriok'ft day passed off m grand style with sports, cricket matches, steamboat and railway excursions ; being a fine day, everybody enjoyed themselves, erdept tha Bte»mhoat exoiraiontata. An amusing incident occurred which damped their ardour, viz., the bursting of tho steamer's boiler. Happily there was nobody hurt, and they all got aahore. It reminds me of these few lind3. — The passengers and orew seeing that help was near at hand, They buckled up their trowsers and waded to the land. They all arrived that very night unto their . native shore, And eaoh of them took a solemn oath, they would go to sea no more. *ur Queensland Yoluuteers are going to have an Easter Encampment near Bnb- j bane. A goodly number of the Rookhampton oneß are going. The Queensland Scottish have got their new uniforms, and they look grand. The uniform adopted by this oorps is the iama as the 92nd Highland Regiment. I fancy it would make some of your loo»l Sootchmen glad if they saw a regiment of kilts again, its a " braw braw aioht " indeed. The Irishmen are forming a oorpa too, 104 have enrolled themselves, their color is green, something after the Robin Hcnd style. Tue only Naval Brigade m the Colony is i i Rockhampton, and they are minus guns for praotioe. An old artillery m«n dropped m to sea them the other night, and the following letter ia a description of what he Baw : —