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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1077, 25 July 1871, Page 2

Eleven persons were killed by a hail* storm near Allahabad (IndiaJ, in May last. The Albury Banner supplies the fok lowing, which is suggestive of something still beyond our ken in the philosophy oi dreams :—About the time ot the wreck of the Queen of the Thames, a lady in this town dreamt that the vessel in question had been lost on a reef, and at that time made her dream known to her family, who, by the way, were especially interested in the welfare of two of tho passes gers on. boards

The total number of miles of railway I open in New South Wales was 405|, the ost 0 f construction of which was about jg 6,350,000. Excluding the line from Sydney to Paramatta, fourteen miles in length, and which cost about .£35,000 a mile, the cost of construction per mile waß ' £14,447. The average cost per mile of maintenance is £127, as compared with £354 lis 3d in England, Sir Robert Walpole once wanting to xjarry a question in the House of Lords, not being quite sure of some of the bishops, prevailed upon the Archbishop of Canterbury to stay at home for two or three days. Iu the meantime Sir Robert circulated a report that his grace was dangerously ill. On the day of meeting the House was crowded with lawn sleeves, not one of whom voted against the Minister.