MELBOURNE.
Monday. Heavy and! disastrous ftooda have been experienced m the Yarra,. b.y : whieli great damage was. done* and the I Melbourne- water- supply cut off m con^ sequence. Tlve flood did material ; damage to the Plenty Bridge, and the ■ Van Yean Aqueduct,, but it is reclgoned I the injuries ca.n be repaired m a. weelfc.
The- following; are the- priaciipal ; items: of inteMigeace broaght by the Alhambra, with; Melbourne files, ta ; the liSthiiist;— : The Governor has- received another ! tel,egra,m; from the- ('olonial Oflßjce, but i its. contents: were^strictly pmaite%. i Ail efforts to bring- about a com- , promise betweeu, the two Houses have ; failed!, though both ar& apparently, de-. '. sirous for- such, a consummation... In the Daean time matters go on quietly, and m any case the- Govern.merit have I £300i.00Q, to, ca,riry on, till the- end. of iJJOjly.. The Chimiboratzo! mesde the passage m ; forty-two daya, a.n4 brongbst a Wge . nuimber of" passengers* ! Tenders! nave been accepted for-the- ;• Staiwell and Borsham. Railway,, fiffcy- ' two mites K a,t £^,2ffO>ye^imk>^ Sir Jlohn Coode- ia at present .engaged m examining the- entrance- to. > the Gipps Lan.(J Lajces^ He proceeds 1 to Syd&ey,- shortly,, and; thea Home,, via | Californiift. ; The Sycfoey (xOTewMßeailK has pro-. \ hibited mem%ter& of trhje House foomi acting as land agents.
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 20 March 1878, Page 2
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212MELBOURNE. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 46, 20 March 1878, Page 2
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