AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 61, 12 March 1874, Page 2

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[Ptfß Bahgatiba to Auckland ] Melbourne, March 2. ' The Engineer-in- Chief for the Kail ways was entertained at a dinner t>y the officers of the department previous to his departure from the colony. The Harbor Trust recommend the formation of two Boards, one to have the control of the shipping, and the other of the improvements of the port. 1 Mr Turnbutt's Queen won the yacht race. The barque Lon Diego has been got off safely from Mud Island. A movement is on foot for a public holiday on.thelSth instant, the day of the Duke of Edinburgh's entry into London. A petition .has been presented to the Government asking ' that day to be proclaimed a public holiday. The case of Ireland C&etor) against the Licensed Victuallers Gazette for libel hue been partly heard. : Launceston, March 2. „; .The cifcket match was won by the English in one innings with 30 runs to spare. Adelaide, March 2. ' " Letters received from Warburton siy that the men weTe so. reduced,, by famine that they could scarcely crawl a hundred yards. , Bbisbanb, March 2. The Rockhatnpton Sub- Collector of Customs .received from a squatter residing at Baldhill a letter, stating that a very large ship, name unknown, was. anchored twelve miles to the liorih-east.'Of hie (Mr Ross's) house. Her foretopmast and mainmast were gone, and her mizen mast was broken in the middle, and not a rag of sail was left. A man connected with the railway at Bocky Creek was carrying 31bs of blasting powder in his pocket, -when it exploded, disembowelling him, and instantly killing him. : • The Courier stroßgly deprecates any rush to the Calmer Goldfields at present, as it would be highly suicidal to the interests of ? the miners. , ; " ::: ' > ■'■'■'' , • Hodakt Town, March 2. .., A! meeting of the St. David's Cathedral 'congregation, called to upset the action ol the churchwardens in allotting sittings, has approved of their action, andthereby repudiated Cftnon Bromby'B freo sittings scheme.

S tenet, March 3. Parliament will be prorogued before Eaßter. Ihe January gold yield shows a considerable increase. The ironwork jde'egates are again conferring with the employers preparatory to a terminal strike. Nothing definite has yet been settled;. Sullivan, the road contractor, died suddenly at Young on Sunday