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NEW SOUTH WALES. ' Symwsy, February 27. . A public reception is being arranged for the arrival of Sir Saul Samuel, the late Agent-General, who is expected to reach Sydney via Adelaide m course of a day or two. Speculation m silver mining still continues brisk. During the week a quarter of a million of money has changed hands on the Mining Exchange, v. A- rich silver find is reported to have been made at Gownkey, near Carcoar. Claims have already been extensively pegged out. A heavy fall is reported to have taken place at the Zigzag Colliery, Lithgow. The miners had to run for their lives, and it is feared that the mine will be ruined by the accident. The sheep disease which was recently reported from Queensland, and which was stated to be of a mangy character, has now made its appearance among the stock m the Clarence district, New England, m the northern part of this colony. A syslem of corruption has been discovered amongst the police m this city, and two constables were to-day sentenced to 6 months' imprisonmenl each for taking bribes to permit unlawful games being played m licensed houses. The Central Board of Health have drawn up a recommendation to Government on the rabbit extermination schemes, proposed by M. Pasteur, Professor Watson, and Drs Butcher and Ellis, m which they urge that no disease for that purpose should be introduced into the colony until it is positively certain it will not have a fatal or dangerous effect upon human beings or stock. The report describes the scheme of Dr Butcher and Dr Ellis, and states that the disease of which thousands of rabbits are now dying m the Darling district is merely itch, whilst the scheme of Professor Watson, they consider of a not suffi. ciently fatal character to make it of any permanent use to the colony. Government replied to the memorandum to the effect that it is proposed to ask for legislative power to control experiments within the colony and authorise them to introduce any disease, providing it is innocuous to stock and human b
eings, pending consideration of the whole subject by the proposed Inter colonial Commission of experts on the rabbit question. Mr Dibbs refuses to waive the plea of privilege m connection wirti his accusation against Mr Garretr, Minister of Lands, m the House of Assembly Jast week. The moderate Members of both sides of the House propose to hold a meeting with the object of discussing this, and other like disgraceful scenes m the House, and devising some means to restraiu the disorder which now so frequently occurs. The Speaker is blamed for a good deal of the trouble, and is generally condemned as being too weak. Mr Garrett has written to the President of the Reform Ciub, demanding'that an enquiry should be held by the Club into Mr Dibbs' charge of ungenilemanly conduct < against him. i
A tablet erected by the members of the Permanent Artillery force of the colony to the memory of their comrades, who died when a regiment of the force was stationed m the Soudan, was unveiled yesterday at St. Andrew's (Anglican) Cathedral.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1778, 28 February 1888, Page 2
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533AUSTRALIAN. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1778, 28 February 1888, Page 2
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