AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 3467, 2 April 1874, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

On the last voyage of the Victoria steamer from Melbourne to Sydney one of the steerage passengers gave birth to a child, and the cabin passengers subscribed LlO, and presented it to the mother. The Launceston ‘ Examiner ’ reports the suicide at Green Ponds, of a man named Thomas Last, ninety-eight years of age, by bauging. He was very feeble, and for some tune past had evidently become tired of his life, for he had made several similar attempts to destroy himself. Last was at one time postmaster at Lovely Banks, and was also in the police force at bpringhill. The ‘Bendigo Advertiser’ states that Mr A. Kennedy has recently been very successful m the treatment of pyrites for the obtaining of gold. Upwards of one grain of gold has been obtained from ninety-five grains of pyrites taken from stone which yielded only half an ounce to the ton. The cost per ton of pyrites, by Mr Kennedy’s process, would be about LBO, and at the rate of the above yield, this gives about 200 ounces of gold, l e «T^ g ’ in round figures a profit of (say) L7OO per ton. The ‘ Ballarat Courier ’ furnishes the following instance of an honest debtor:—“A most gratifying proof of honest intention on o A, P L. rt^ f \ a . debtor was bro ugbt hereby the R ; onherJasttrip, i n the shape of a L2O draft for a debt contracted twenty years ago m England, the debtor having left that country for Chili, , and the creditor being now a resident of Ballarat. The letter in which the draft was enclosed states that better fortune had attended the exertions of the sender in the country of his adoption than in the land of his birth, and he hoped soon to be able to forward the balance of the original debt.”,

Yorke Peninsula is famous for one of the most extraordinary cricket matches on record, the local twenty-two having been disposed of in their second innings for eight runs off the bat, perhaps the smallest score on record. The team included W. Wills who was very successful with the ball. Of course the All-England Eleven obtained an easv victory. . J

Last scene of all, that closes thia sad and U i tO . B W. the history of the A.L.E. Their leading professional— Jupp, the pride of Surrey—has to be handed over to the custody of the Adelaide keepers during an attack of delirium Premens : and it only wanted this to finish up the reputation of the team. No wonder its members generally were given to talking wildly at the festive board, and to a queer style of playing in the country districts. It is a curious fa,ot that overtures to remain in Australia were made to members of H. H. son a Eleven and George Parr’s Eleven, but our clubs did not think it worth while to request any of Mr Grace’s companions to stop with us. They are to be congratulated upon their discretion.— ‘ Telegraph.’