SECOND EDITION. HOME AND FOREIGN.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 989, 26 January 1883, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. HOME AND FOREIGN.

[REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] (Received Jan. 26, 1.80 p.m.) LONDON, Jim. 25. The Bank of England has this day rod need its rate of discount from five to four per cent. ( Received, Jan. 26, 1.80 p.m.) MELBOURNE, J«n. 25. Marchioness NormnnbyJias partly recovered from her recent indisposition. Exhibits from the various Australian Colonies, for tie approaching International Exhibition in Calcutta, am invited .' Stationmaster Thomson and G-nard Hunt have been committed for trial for manslaughter in connection with the Hawthorne Railway accident. The case comes on on the 15 th prox. Arrived, this morning, Ringarooma, from the Bluff. i (Received Jan 26, 1 pm.) MELBOURNE, this day. At the Executive. Council meeting, yesterday, the following gentlemen were appointed members of (be Board to enquire into the causes of the Hawthorne railway accident: Messrs Worthington, Dodgshun, Bright, Collier and Ross. The Council meeting was presided over by Sir Bryan O’Loghlen, Premier, the Governor being absent owing to the illness of the Marchioness of Nommnby. SYDNEY, This day. The third cricket match between the English and Australian teams, commences here to-day. The greatest interest is taken in the contest. It is : astonishing at what an early age some children evince a roving disposition.' This morning a youngster, just old enough to tottle about, strayed away from its home, near Poverty Flat, to the cliffs overhanging the lower part of the river, and-was found by Mr W. (Jowern as it wasiin close proximity to the overhanging precipice. The child was not old enough, to understand or be able to give answer to any question addressed to it, and it was only after numerous enquiries Mr Cowern was able to ascertain the locality of the truant’s home.