INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 987, 18 March 1881, Page 3

INTERPROVINCIAL AND INTERCOLONIAL.

■ ■ At Melbourne, on 'he.S'b insba it. a severe storm was experiene I. which was severely felt in Hobson’s B>y. Nearly one hividre I meo of the Penna nent Ar’illerv F ■ ce at Sy ln-y have volunteered to proceed for service against the Beers. At Timaru, the nows from Australia concerning' tHe new rushes is creatin' great excitement ~ An inquest on the remains of the men who met with th' ir death by the li-iast-T to the boat of t e Cerberus in Hobson’s failed to elucidate anv fresh facta in con- ' nectioh with the explosion. 1 ‘TheVictorian railway authorities have not been able to cope with the grain traffic this seasi n The, Mayor of Auckland declined to proclaim St. Patrick’s Day a public holiday for the Friendly Societies’ demonslra'ion, ; on account of the division of public feeling. News from Mount B -ownedii'gin ;s (New South Wales) states that the water there ‘ is exhausted, and that the popu ation has shifted si* miles. One man perished from ) ;:exhaustion while proceeding to tho field,, and it is feared that great loss ,ol life will ijjjp-falls. I, . . Reports have arrived at Sydritey from, the Solomon Islands of fresh outrages by the Natives ■■■ " ' A Sydney telegram states that numbers of immigrants ire arriving at Newcastle frainJJew Z aland in search ot work.; At Adelaide the necessary preliminary arrangements for holding an International Exhibition has b. eh.completed.