VICTORIA.

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VICTORIA.

Melbourne, May 21. The placing of exhibits in the various courts is being proceeded with, and already two hundred and fifty exhibits received from New Zealand have been placed in the space allotted to lhat colony. NEW SOUTH WALES. HyDNEY, May 21. The lad Sprigg, who, during a quarrel Idled another boy named Compton, has been committed for trial for manslaughter. John Tait, the well known sporting gentleman, dropped dead lo day. The bricklayers have struck for an increase of wages, but to this the employers have demurred, and are rilling up any vacancies from the ranks of the unemployed. Kemp declares that he is willing to meet Teenier on the Parramatta River, but states that so far he has not received any communication from him, and that nothing can be done until a challenge has been received. Hanlan stated he was commissioned to back Teemer against Kemp on the Nepean River. Mr Neville Barnett, late of Auckland, has been appointed organist of St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral. The evidence as to the cause of death of Gillott, who died in a restaurant recently under somewhat suspicious circumstances, reveals the fact that the deceased had made a will leaving the sum of to Mrs Spaum, the proprietress, who subsequently poisoned Gillolt by administering water acidulated by drops of glacial acid, which Spaum admits that she gave by accident as medicine. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against I Mrs Spaum.