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[per hero.] Melbourne,. April 10. ( Tbe general discipline of the troops at Suubury is considered excellent, and the General Order congratulates them. The new pateut earth ekcayator has been tried with "satisfactory results. News has been received of the loss of the Bessie ; in Beagle Bay, West Australia. Six lives 'were loss, including theTnaster and his wife. Fifty-two nominations were received fo** the Derby, aud fifty for the Oaks. Sir C. Gavan Duffy denounces the stonewalling tactics at Richmond, i The body of Henry Pyle, aged 15, who died of typhoid fever, remained four days unburied, the mother being unable through poverty to bury it. The. Mayor of Richmond ordered the Government to bury the body. A man named James Ellis has been killed on the Delinquin railway. Newcastle, April 10. . The steamer Maitland run into the lighter Champion, cutting her in two, ahd ainan named Campbell was drowned. ;; . Brisbane, April 10. The Health Officer boarded the steamer Kate, on which Governor Kennedy- bad been quarantined. The ladies objected to the examination, and the Governor supported their objection. The Medical Board appointed resolved to release the vessel, and the Governor then landed. The Mayor presented au address. A large procession was then formed, consisting of the Ministry, Mayor and Aldermen, 'Societies, 400 Volunteers) citizens, several bands of music, and large crowds of spectators lined the thoroughfares. It was the grandest reception eyer known in Queensland. The Governor was sworn in at four o'clock. Parliament will probably meet ott the Bth of May. Adelaide, April 10. Acceptances for the Cup are:— Mary Gladstone, Glarry, Vain Hope, Venus, Speculation, Pride of the Hills, W. G., Emulation, Neckegesat, Red Gauntlet, Vulcan, Doctor, Electricity, Star, Spark, Moonlight, St. Baldrcn, Moana, Whisper, Nightiugale, Superstition. The Melbourne entries are not in. There are thirty-two entries for the Flying Hand/cap, nine for the Steeplechase, twentysix for the Autumn Handicap, twenty-nine for the Free Entries, and twenty-four for the jockey Club Handicap.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 90, 18 April 1877, Page 2
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326AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 90, 18 April 1877, Page 2
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