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INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

VICTORIA. A School of Mines has been established in Sandhurst. The first lecture was on “Geology.” The splendid collection in the Institute affords a ready means for studying the varieties of all kinds of rocks, and with these and projected excursions to acquire practical knowledge in the field, the lectures offer great inducements to students of geology as applied to mining. A Board of Examiners is to be appointed, with the view to the issue of certificates of competency in various branches of practical mining, engine driving, ike. A letter was ordered to be sent to the Mining Managers’ Association, requesting it to place before the council the names of a number of gentlemen competent to act as examiners, and from the names supplied a. selection would be made to form a portion of the proposed board. An importation of American rolling stock, to the order of the , Victorian Government, has just arrived in the barque Penang, from New York. The consignment comprises a railway carriage for first-class passengers, also another description of railway carriage, and a truck, all which will be landed as speedily as possible. An action for breach of promise has, it is said, been entered in the Supreme Court. The plaintiff, a lady hot yet out of her teens, seeks to recover a couple of thousand pounds from a solicitor, who is well known amongst our youth as an adroit wielder of the willow.

The population of Sandhurst in 1872 was 25,592 ; it is now 28,300. The rateable property in 1872 was valued at £143,954 ; in 1875, at £195,498.

“ The oldest horse in the colony,” says the Geelong Times , “ has just been gathered to his fathers. This was a pony belonging to Mr. Allnutt, of Clifton, near Drysdale. The animal had attained the extraordinary age of forty-four years, having been imported when twelve years old, and taken to Portland Bay thirty-two years since, when the port was a whaling station. From this place the animal came into the Bellarine district, and into Mr. Allnutt’s possession. The air and the owner agreed with him, and he only died two or three days since, having attained the wonderful age stated.”

The Melbourne brewers have held a meeting to consider the cry of “ poison ” which has been raised against colonial ale, and the action they took proved that they are practical men. Instead of indulging in much talk, they passed a resolution calling upon the Government to appoint a competent analyst to carry out the law, which provides for the examination of wines, beers, &c., and they pledged themselves to pay the gentleman’s salary. What appears to be a melancholy case of suicide is reported by the Eaglehawk Leader. A miner named Middleton, who was working in Frederick the Great Company’s mine, Sebastian, was arrested for having stolen some candles, and was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment. The man’s wife felt his position very keenly, and appeared desponding and low-spirited after his arrest until his departure in custody of the police. She was not noticed about much on Sunday, and on Monday her body was found in the company’s dam. A rather cool robbery was perpetrated at Collingwood by a man named David Cullen. It appears that the fellow had rushed into a tobacconist's shop in Wellington-street, and, in the presence of the proprietor’s wife, deliberately passed behind the counter and appropriated two boxes of cigars, with which he walked away, nodding familiarly to the astonished lady as he left the shop. When pursued and arrested, prisoner exhibited the utmost nonchalance, and on being brought before the local Bench yesterday morning, pleaded guilty to the charge. A sentence of two mouths' imprisonment, with hard labor, was inflicted. A fire broke out in the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Belfast, at the conclusion of an entertainment given by M. Bosco, ventriloquist and conjuror, by which the building was- entirely destroyed. When the entertainment was over, an intoxicated man from, the audience jumped on the stage, and in doing so capsized a kerosene lamp used as a footlight. An explosion took place immediately, and the inflammable stage fittings were ignited. In ten minutes the building was completely gutted, and in one hour it was entirely consumed, with the exception of the four stone walls. Bosco and his assistants, in trying to recover some valuable property belonging to them, were nearly suffocated, and narrowly escaped with their lives. Bosco estimates his loss, which includes all his paraphernalia and a considerable sum of money which was in his .coat pocket, at £2OO. The Odd Fellows lose all their lodge records, and the Dramatic Society a piano and other fittings. The building is insured for £llOO in the Queen Insurance Company. Much sympathy is felt for Bosco. The drunken man who caused the fire was not employed by Bosco, and had no right to go on the stage.

QUEENSLAND. The Government decline to consider the Jenken-Collier’s railway proposal, unless the line from Dalby to Roma be included. Mr. Collier has modified his proposals in other details. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The racehorse Proto-martyr has been boughtin at 675 guineas, and will go to Melbourne next week, if not sold in the meantime. Cape of Good Hope advices to 18th December’ report the wreck of the Star of Wales and the Transvaal, with the loss of all hands, except the captains. The Star of Wales took a cargo of breadstuff's from Adelaide. * TASMANIA. The Launceston Examiner has the following strange story : —A case of wilful shooting has . , occurred at Glen Morrison, in the Evaudale district. It appears that a youth named George Harrison, aged twenty, and David Cleary, a boy about eleven years of age, were engaged by Mr. Joseph Atkins, of Evaudale, in stripping bark. On Friday night Cleary went into the tent where Harrison was loading a gun ; there was a dog in the tent, also, which Cleary hit with his hat. Harrison said; “If you do that again, I’ll shoot you.” The boy said: “You had better not.” Harrison tjien levelled the gun and fired, hitting the boy in the temple. Harrison then made his escape, drew £1 11s. of his wages, and came in to town. The case was reported to Mr. Marriott, superintendent of police at Evandale, who got a warrant from the warden, charging Harrison with maliciously shooting at and wounding Cleary. Mr. Marriott came to town on Saturday morning, and aided by Detective Sergeant Wilson, succeeding in tracking Harrison to his parents’ home in Pattersou-street, where he was arrested in a state of intoxication. He was brought up at the Police Court on Monday, and remanded to Evaudale, whither he went accompanied by Mr. Marriott. The wounded lad is a eon of Mr. Maurice Cleary, and his parents reside in Margaret-street in this town. The boy Cleary, his father, and brother, attended the Police Court, at Evandale, yesterday, when Harrison was fully committed for trial by the Warden. Cleary is recovering.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

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INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4366, 18 March 1875, Page 2

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