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Southland Times, Issue 654, 8 April 1867, Page 2

; ' The " Melbourne Argus . contains the following with respect to the progress of settlement in "Victoria: — "Walker and Landsborough, while searching for the traces of Burke and Wills, did not neglect to note the features of the .country ?r ( through which they.passed, and very soon, on : the information they supplied, the best of thp „„. new country on the Queensland side was occupied with herds and "flocke.~Burketown arose on the banks of the Flinders Jliver, at the head of the O navigation, !as the capital of the new districts and small cargoes •of wool have already iound their way thence by sea to the Queensland ports, for transhipment to London. The onward march ... of the ghephord kings hae also been well marked on the western side of Burkes .track, and it may now lie said that the whole country right up to . beyond Cooper's' Creekhas been 5 occupied, Tho expeditions already alluded to, and more especially that of Landsborough, proved ,that tha ..:.'[ cpunt^y^wasbf^'easy oharaoter to tr'ayerse '.D^ir ' a busamanr and it' was asserted on bis : retui?aj" _ that but for the difficulty of fording the rirerij, ? *p -' buggy; might easily., be driven aU the wflyiroaj , j the ihowi of Kob>9A»s gay fo Jua Qulf of Qss* ■ 7 pss&ftei • • •■--■■■■ ; •'' - :i:; - f !;i ' : "-- *'-*