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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 121, 21 May 1880, Page 2

The Post of Tuesday contains the following Australian items per s.s. Wakatipu, which arrived in Wellington on that day : — It i 9 rumored in Melbourne that Eiccardi, first lord of the "Pinafore," purposes taking legal proceedings against Mr Williamson for breach of agreement, because he was required to take the part of Dick Deadeye instead of Sir Joseph. — Diphtheria is prevalent at Rylestone. Thirteen deaths have occurred, and there are several dangerous cases in the town and neighborhood now under treatment. — The Government have granted to the Melbourne Exhibition Comniisaion £99,893 on account or the present financial year, making the total probable outlay £820,000. Steps are being taken to provide extra space "for the United States exhibits and British implements court, for which a special annexe will be erected. The Victorian applications for space are so numerous that difficulty is experienced in allotment. — The will of the lute Mr Mer.zies, hotelkeeper, was proved today at £39,656.— 50 me excitement has been caused at Dunolly by the discovery of rich stone in the Queen's Birthday mine, surpassing anything previously oblained for richness. Shares have consequently greatly advanced. — The Equity Court has made an order attaching sixteen sbarehold<.re of the Provincial and Suburban Bank for nonpayment of the contribution of 30s per share. — A deputation, representing the Victorian farming interest, waited on Mr Service to ask whether the Government were prepared to place an additional duty on imported feeding graiu to the extent of 2s per cental. It was pointed out that at present prices the farmers could not compete with New Zealand. Mr Service said they were asking for relief in a wrong direction. He did not feel that the step they asked him to take was likely to result in the prosperity they wished to bring about, and expressed an opinion that the whole system of protection must break down, and that he could see clearly the folly of trusting to artificial means to maintain high prices. He did not give them the slightest encouragement,