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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 2002, 7 January 1875, Page 4

The San Francisco mail' services appear to.be still, somewhat unsettled, and this very favourite route has been neglected in consequence of the miscarriage to which it has been subjected. It is hoped that by the beginning of the new year it will be so re-organised that it may, in conjunction with mail vid Brindisi, afford a bi-monthly service between England and the colonies. Mr A. Nish, who it will be remembered in connection with Raynor's and other troupes of Christy Minstrels, died after a short illness on the 3rd October. Ever since his return from Australia, some six or seven years ago, he filled the post of musical director to the Moore and Burgess Minstrels, and there is no doubt but his talents and experience tended materially to secure the success they have achieved. The funeral was attended by numerous friends, the members of the troupe singing a dirge by the side of the grave. It is satisfactory to add that the widow of the deceased is left in comfortable pecuniary circumstances. The cause of death is said to have been erysipelas, the result of extracting a sound instead of a decayed tooth: 1 "■■- ■'■■•'• v r "' " -^ - '■'' The Australian gumtree, has been successfully grown by Mr Lascelles, of Mayfield, near Farnhara. The seeds were sown in January, 1872, and the trees are now 24ft.. high. The trees are only 9in. in circumference at the base, and they, of course, have to be, supported. A branch from the trees has been exhibited in the window oi Land and Water, and attracted considerable attention. ~' - The first vessel. built for the new line, for Queensland vid Singapore, sailed from the Clyde on the 24th October. The Brisbane, constructed by -Messrs A i and J. Inglia, is 1,700 tons register, and under, full pressure steams 14 knots. She is commanded by Captain Robert , Balfour, late of the Cunard Line. The Bteamer has her* first-class accomodation oV, the par deck, forward of the enginei«and asbeen built with special' regard tWihe ? mfort of travellers, Sh« hoi large eie

houses, condensers, and smoking-room, and an unusual number of baths and lavatories. The next vessel belonging to this line, the Singapore, will leave the Clyde in November. By this new route letters between England and Queensland will be deli v( r^d in 48 or 60 days. The Bow Workhouse committee, reporting on the reference a3 to the expediency of using Australian meat at the workhouses at. Bow and Holloway, stated that pending the final classification of this house, they are of opinion that no alteration should be made in the dietary. It appears that the medical officer was not in favor of serving out the meat to sick patients. Cardinal Cullen recently consecrated the Right Rev. Dr. Crane Bishop of Sandhurst,^Australia. The new prelate is an Augustiriian monk, and was several years engaged in missionary work in America. The ceremony was performed in the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Marlborough, in the presence of a large congregation. Printers and newspaper proprietors in thfe colonies will hear with regret of the death of Mr Joseph M. Powell, the proprietor of the "Printers' Register." Mr Powell had been ailing for a considerable time past, and the end has been expected for months. He was well known in the colonies, and his office was a meetingplace for Australian journalists when in London.