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(Sydney Bulletin) A dramatic society in connection with tbe Free-thought body has .been started. — Sir Samuel Wilson shears a quarter of a million sheep at Yanko this aeaFon. — The purgnit and capture of the: Kellys cost £40,000.— Alex. RoberlsbD, a book-agent, recently sued »n Echuca resideut for£4 10a, the value of a bible which defendant had admitted be had ordered, ,but which he contended was not tip- to sample. Judgment for the plaintiff.— Some rich specimens were the other day tin#»nrthed in the Aurelin Go's claim, Gympip. Tbe Exhibition Commissioners r'pfosed to take them at a valuation of lOQozs, hot wh^n crusher! they turned out 149.Z9.— W. J. Cheeseborongb, under committal for catflestealing at Gu^dagei, made a big hole in the gaol wall with a .chisel,; a keysaw, and gridiron -handle, but was caught jost before he managed to get through.— About 336.300,000 gallons of beer, were rnwnufactnrM in the United States in 1879.and 1,246 600,000 fTßilooV-in Great Britain.— Within 20 years 20 000 divorces have been granted in four New England States.— ; A] "proposal has bepn made to change the name of New Zealand to " Maornriia," which would certainly be moat musical and appropriate.— -In Fremantle W.A.. <he prison van is a four-in-hand affair. — During the first eieht- months of the present year 1,806,892 persons or pqual to seven times tbe population of the colony, travelled on the N.S.W. Government railway. — A fossicker on the Crockwell River recently: picked up a pmnll diamond in tbe crevice of a rock. The stone is. very white and brilliant — Twenty-eight trade societies, numbering 8000 men, each society having its distinctive, banner and band of musio, "processed " at the opening of the Melbourne International. — Last crushing from the Ida reef on the Palmer, •was 886ozs 17dwts from 419 tons stone. — TbomßS Wilson, aged 55, was arrested at Geelong the other day on: b charge of having dfserted his wife' 19 ago. — It is believed that platinum has been found in" alluvial -d?ggi.pg ; 8. jiear Cja're^ce IJ'eads.— At AJJigatdr Creek (TPownsville) ; boiling- down vr.orke, 268, five-year-old cattle from the Flinders averged 2931bs per bead of tallow,, equal to about £3 Ha.-r-Mr Connor',- solicitor, 6~f Melbourne, is comwenoing proceedings bo behalf; of the children of the late Mr John Mooney, squatter, to recover property of the value of from £75,000 to £100 ; 000 in Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, lying between the General Post Office and Xatrobe-street. — The. medals awarded to Tasmanian . exhibitors at the Sydney '-'« Exhibition were impounded on landing 'until; some £19 was paid -in the, shape of „ duty.— Mr W, Frost, saddler, . of Cararnut, Vie, has patented an ingenious but simple contrivance whereby a bolting or kicking horse con be' instanlly released 'from a ( vehicle.T-r-Tbet cauee celebre, Macdonald v. Tully, may now be. considered settled by the award of £13,700 and costs' to plaintiff/— At Micalago,a young fellow named Hayes_ narrowly escaped being killed,. owiog\ to an attack made by a hen plover on a spirited i filly he was riding near her nest. — Io Victoria, in 29 years, there were 1578 -suicides recorded — 1320 males, and 252 females. Allowing for, tbe increase in population, the. annual] rate has varied little.— The Cooktow.n people 5 very badly want John Walsh,

their senior M.L.At, who is now in business at Wegga, to resign. Mr. Walsh says he'll see bis constituents; glorified first. — Among the amnesties] who left for France by tbe John 1 Elder was the celebrated Louise Michel, condemned for having taken part in .tbe £sommune at Paris, and known by her writings 00 the subject of the education of a, youthful Republican generation.^" Amalgam," writing in tbe Csstlemaine Representative says that Soudry and Mrs Greer ar« f 0 b« married.— The " Yoone New Zaalonrl Prospecting Party" (BVftst and Co.) have taken up an area two ff.iles below Maloney's, Temora. The party in question represent the fir«t contingent of New Zealand, miners who have arrived on th« goldfiald. — During a debate in the Victorian Assembly, Mr Bent alluded to the " cheek " of another hon. member, aod spoke of terialists as a "crowd." He also referred to the members generally as "men," but with. lre w the latter *xpression in favor cf <( gentlemen," in deference to the Speaker.— "A boy named Girth, reeiding on: the Colds, stream River, was bitten by a snake, and remained unconscious for fourteen hours, when he recovered.— Out of 300 men belonging .to the Victorian unemployed tffered woik at I/aoctflelcl, only one responded. — The Victorian Commissioner of Customs has presented to Captain Jones, of the steamer Dawn, a piece of plate, aod to the crew various sums ol money, in recognition of their efforts in saving life from the Erie the "Red. — A. blobfe of land at the corner of .Collins street and Queen street, Melbourne, having 135 feet frontage," has been purchased by tbe English and ! Scottish Bank for £60,000.— The Melbourne Gas.Compeny decline to allow experts to examine the gas — Sweeping reductions are being made in the various Victorian Government departments—in some instances to the amount of one-fifth of the entire staff. —The salvage' stock from the Sorata realised very high prices at auction in Adelaide, the drapers running each other for advertising purposes.— Jane Duff, who, some years ago, when in 'the [ Wimmera scrub with her little brothers, put them under a tree to ,|leep, an^ covered tbemwjtb clothing which «he. toot off herself to protect them from the cold, is married, and has been given £150, her share of the fund, raised for tbe children at tbe time.—' The National Gallery of Art in the Domain was opened yesterday by hi» Excellency the Governor in presence of a brilliant .•SBemblsge of, cilizenß. The collection comprises 44 oil-paint' iogs valued, at.. £9.ooo, 33 wateribolor drawings £2300, sculpture £1800, and jotber works of art of the value of £800, making atotal of £14,000, 1 irreßpective of several valuable presentations. — Mr .B. B.; Hamilton, barrister^t-law, has published an exhaustive -.and ..useful " Manual of the Law and Practice o; Bankiog in: Australia atd New Zs&land."—Amanificentswordfieh, .measuribg 16ft 6in from c tip to tip, hag been Becured for the British Museum. — Superindendent; Hare, who was wounded at Glenrowan, his had his hand opened and bone splinters re moved. It is feared that after all he may , lose the limb. — The r honbraiy magistrates of Sydney have "caucussed'' on .the Babject of granting permission for music or dancing in public houses, and have ordered that whenever suob applications are received special meetings of- justioes will be held. — C»ptaio

Standisb is to receive a testimonial from tbe members of the Victorian police. He publishes a valedictory notice addressed' to tbe force in the current number of the Police Gazette.