COLONIAL ITEMS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 85, 5 January 1888, Page 2

COLONIAL ITEMS.

' ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. IEISH AND POLITICAL MAT- . TEBS. | . miLS AND COMMEKOIAL ITEMS. FIGHTING IN EGTPT A ;By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright (per united press association.) : .- . London, January 3. Whitbred and Co. have presented I Professor Liversidge with an historical engine 1 02 years old ,f or the Technological Museum, Sydney. ■ A proposal has been made by colonists in London to make a presentation to the Primce of "Wales in hoaor of his silver wedding, which will be celebrated on March 10. A serious accident occurred at Birmingham to-day, the Canal embankment bursting. Fortunately no lives were lost. A case of moonlighting has occurred near Stornaway, a seaport on the east side of Lewis, one of the Hebrides, Scotland. One of the gang was paptured. " . : .. It is expected that Mr Balfour, Phief Secretary for Ireland, will make sweeping changes in the Lord Lieutenant's Department in Ireland, and especially in the matter of legal advisers. : The appeal of Mr Wilfrid Blunt against the sentence of two .months imposed on him for taking part in a Nationalist meeting was heard at Portumna, County Galway, and adjourned. Great crowds were present in the town and much excitement prevailed. During the hearing a force of military surrounded the Court. It is reported that the Gladstonians will find a seat for Sir Charles Dilke. Captain Airey, of Sydney, has been created a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George for distinguished services. It is stated that, as Lord Wolseley's duties prevent him, Sir Evelyn W6od t Colonel Braekenbury, and other leading officers will shortly inspect the Australian forces. It is rumoured that if Bussia recognises the annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, Germany will arrange an Austro-Bussian agreement respecting; Bulgaria. It is also reported that the valuables in the Imperial chateaux in Poland have been removed to the interior. Fourteen hundred British and F.oreigu exhibitors have applied for space at the Mcl bourne ExM bition. The statement that the ironclad Hercules was ashore and in a sinking oondition on the coast of Spain, is untrue. - The charges on mails overland to Brindisi have been fixed at 10 francs 80 centimes per kilogramme for letters and 72£ centimes for printed matter. The Agent-General interviewed Sir Henry Holland to strongly protest against the delay in settling the mail contracts, and to object to the inclusion of the parcels post in the contract. Silver is 3s B£d per ounce ; galvanised iron, Lls 55.. Wool— Arrivals to date 72,000 bales, and it is probable that 12,000 additional will arrive in time for the next sales. The tone of the market is quiet but steady. Tin — Stock, including that of Dutch Trading Company, is 1,1,900 tons. SiTAKiM, January 2. Continued skirmishes made by the v rebels under Osmas Digna have been repulsed. St. Pktbbsbubs, January 3. The Moscow Gazette complains of the paucity of Russian warships in the Eastern Pacific. Vienna, January 3. The official feeling here has suddenly become confident of peace, the Bussian military attache declaring that the Czar is absolutely opposed to war. Stdstbt; January 4. A matoh has been arranged between Hanlan and Nelson for £200, over the Grafton course, Hanlan giving Nelson three and a half lengths Btart. Heavy thunderstorms have been experienced in the inland districts, and a man has been killed by lightning. Two other horses and a jockey have been killed at 1 the spot where Silver* mine's accident occurred. The revenue for the past year is £8,589,000, an increase of nearly a million. The following are the increases:—Pastoral revenue, £704,000; Railways, £121,000; Post and Telegraphic, £38,000; Excise, £94,000; Land sales, £22, 000 ; Miscellaneous, £52,000 ; Customs, decreased, £56,000. | Adelaide. January 4. i A man named Sampson, a disappointed lover, fired five shots athim--1 self in one of the main thoroughfares ! in the oity, but only wounded himself in the arms slightly. This Day. An engine and ten trucks fell over a washed out embankment oa the Northern Railway, and was much damaged. The passenger carriages , did not leave the line. , ' Melbourne, January 4. The Exhibition annexes will be completed in April, and the reception of exhibits will commence in May and end on June 15th. ThisDaj. The gold export last year decreased by 23.500 ounces on the previous year. - . ■ ■ • . ■'■*'■ '.•""■" Brisbane, January 4. Mr Butter, Mayor of Roohampton, has^ been arrested for extensive forgeries. He attempted to commit suicide with a bodkin, and succeeded in inflicting several injuries. The whole amount involved is £12, 000. The steamer Balimbar was quarantined at Thursday Island, and is coming down the coast under quarantine.. Hobabt, January 4. Arrived — Eldersliej ».s.j from! liojgidpn, via Freeman^. :•; v