AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 4296, 2 December 1876, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

The news from the alluvial diggings in the Northern Territory is good, and washing is in full operation. A man named Conclavin has died at Laura, South Australia, from the effects of wrestling. Alfred Dickenson, a chemist’s assistant, has been committed for trial for manslaughter at Adelaide, for wrongfully labelling bottles of medicines, through which a woman’s death was accelerated. An awfully sudden death occurred at Daylesford, Victoria, the other day. Mrs Dolphin, wife of the proprietor of the Daylesford Brewery, whilst sitting on a sofa beside her husband, leaned back, and almost instantaneously expired. The total takings in connection with the late cricket match at Adelaide amounted to LI, 150, of which the Englishmen get L 760 nett. At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association fifteen was fixed as the number of players to meet the English Eleven. The publicans of Victoria have protested against a clause in the Public-house Bill before their Parliament authorising the branding of the premises of a publican wherein adulterated spirits have been sold, as unjust and oppressive. At Mornington, Victoria, a seafaring man named Angeto attempted to commit suicide in an extraordinary manner. He melted about one pound of lead and poured it down his throat. He lies in excruciating agony, and cannot survive. All that can be learned of his motive for the act is that he is a Greek, and was anxious to return to his own country, but had not the means to do so. He therefore resolved to destroy himself. A man named David Clark, a shearer at Mr Parkinson’s station, Derwent-park, died through swallowing a draught of foot-rot solution in mistake for water. A melancholy accident occurred at a Friendly Societies’ file held at Goodna, near Brisbane, on the Prince of Wales's Birthday, in consequence of the careless throwing away of a match. It appears (says the ‘ Brisbane Courier ’) that Miss Meredith, a young lady engaged in school-teaching at Ipswich, was sitting near a party of smokers when one of them, after lighting his pipe, threw away the match, which fell on Miss Meredith’s dress. The light material instantly took fire, and wrapped the unfortunate girl in flames. Several gentlemen rushed to her assistance and succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not before she was severely burnt. She died next day.