CABLE NEWS

Patea Mail, 27 January 1882, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

Reuter's Despatches to Patea Daily Mail This Day. Queensland Railway. Melbourne.— A syndicate has been formed here with a view to undertake the construction of the southern portion of the Transcontinental Queensland Railway. Troops for Ireland, London, 24th.—In consequence of the increased agitation which lias recently appeared in certain parts of Ireland, an additional battallion of Grenadier Guards has been ordered to proceed there at an early date. Small-pox on Steamers. Melbourne.—Six of the ss Mirzapore passengers have been landed at the quarantine station. They include all who are now ill or sickening. ARRESTING A BETTING CROWD. Melbourne, this day.—The proprietor of a totalisator and 19 others were arrested yesterday on Geelong racecourse for using an illegal instrument of gaming.

The Waikato Mail having heard that the Government intend going into the English market for another five million loan, says it would be wise for politicians of the Auckland district to bestir themselves, and urge the Government to take up the question of a main line from Auckland to Wellington. The local journal reports that some of the ladies of Cambridge have under consideration the proposal of giving a ball on their own account, to which the sterner sex will only be admitted by invitation.

A share in the prospecting claim in the big reef at Te Aroha changed hands the other day for £2OO. A Waikato journal says the natives at Oxford have not yet buried the body of the man murdered on 26th December, averring that they must have “ ntu ” from someone.

A colonisation scheme, in which the Messrs Morria and other capitalists having property in Waikato and the Auckland Provincial District are largely interested, is being floated with a capital of one million sterling, the object being to purchase lands, fit them for occupation, cut up and re-sell to bona Jide settlers. A girl, 11 years of age, in Melbourne, has gained a verdict against the Mayor of £350 for damages done to her eye by a spark from the corporation steam roller. An action for libel is likely to arise out of a case heard at the Thames Police Court, the solicitor engaged in the case considering himself aggrieved at some remarks made by the Bench. The latest addition to agricultural implements in England is the “ steam digger,” which is a combination of the plough and spade. In the short space of an hour, and at a working cost of five shillings, it will run over an acre of ground, and that, too, in such a way as to produce superior cultivation. The inventor claims that it will do as much work as 170 men in a day. It appears to have withstood very exacting tests.

The South Australian Government have paid for 81,000 sparrows’ eggs, and for the heads of 8000 of the birds.