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Evening Star, Issue 3472, 9 April 1874, Page 3

Ab Melbourne a girl, five years of age, has received concussion of the brain from being hit by a cricket ball with which some boys were playing in the street, The committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club have decided not to play an intercolonial match this year, and they will only resume the matches on the understanding that Sidney will send a team to Melbourne next. It is stated that there was a loss of L 340 on the last five matches.

The Sydney Herald’ understands that Captain Audley Coofce, the representative of Messrs Siemens, Brothers, had an interview with the Hon. Henry Parkes (Colonial Secretary and Premier), and the Hon. Saul Samuel (Postmaster-General of New South

wales), and submitted proposals for the laying of a submarine telegraph cable between JSew Zealand and the coast of this Colony The cable, it is proposed, shall be landed on our coast at Broken Bay. Communication would then be continued northwards through New South Wales and Queensland to Normantown, and thence by submarine cable to Singapore and Moulmein. The Governments of New Zealand and Queensland have already obtained Parliamentary sanction to act conjointly with New South Wales in the matter and it is understood that the New South Wales Government will ask Parliament for similar authority in the course of a few days.