AUSTRALIAN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 237, 6 October 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

boxlbovsxe, Sept. 30. -Jfiospital Sunday unfortunately was vety wet, and the collections at the churches and «dly interfered witb. All *tfi_ _monriwWere belo*r the average, aod tbe •%g-_^ite wiir iprobably not be much more niMtijmtoy ■ •-..., A fire last- Saturday at Cairon's timber yard d&tfoyed. property valued at about jE2soo.i;rlfriwaa covered by insurance. r^rGeorge Butcbart has petitioned the Government for his release, on the ground that he is pj;^{ ; y ■ 'Tift month the Californian mail reached San Francisco tbiee days ahead of its time. ». i i i&y< }M **■* "^ ' Government rtceif ed rt'w^&fiop, that an Act had been passed by tne imperial Parjiament xeme^ymg the difficulty experienced in the Mount and Morris case, TtieA.ct confers ona Colonial Court the -fame jurisdiction over" offences committed "on" the high seas as if they were committed Jnth-i colonies. lT- y; J ;I!fie Assembly is making progress with the • <? Last night) an exp'oslon of gas occurred in, the Queen's Theatre, 'Sydney *#hi_h j was : ' crowded.^^e find bis assistant! were burnt. Ute termer severely, And the latter' i aligfit^^rie I'Gerard1 'Gerard Brothers Jwere alsoj slightly burned.

As the Pera with the inward mail left Galie on the 26th, three days before the contract time, she will probably arrive here about the 18th October. Sydney, Sept. 30. The. Postal and Cable Conference commences its sittings on the Ist October. The Queensland delegates -will be present. The Cyphienes tailed for California on Saturday. The Intercolonial Gig Race between New South Wales and Victoria was won easily by the former. Distance, four miles; time, 21 mins 59 Bpcs. - Bishop Tuffel has resigned the Bishopric of Brisoane, having accepted a living in Essex, England. Adelaide, Sept. 30. Lewis has started on an expedition of exploration of Lake Eyre and the adjacent country. He bas two AfFghans and 21 camels with him. A Funeral Reform Association has been formed, by whom it was resolved to abolish scarfs, hearses, mourn ing coaches and refreshments at funerals.