NEW SOUTH WALES.

Southland Times, Issue 1265, 14 June 1870, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Sydney, May 27. Several persons have been stuck up lately near Uralla by bushrangers, and the police being informed of it, Constables Mulhall and Walker went immediately to the spot indicated. Here they saw and recognised Thunderbolt, who has been a terror to the district so long. They called upon him to surrender, and in reply he fired upon them. Shots were exchanged, and then the outlaw made off, with the troopers in pursuit. Walker followed him for two miles, when Thunderbolt's horse got bogged, and being thus brought to bay, he again fired at Walker, and missed. Walker returned the fire, and shot both Thunderbolt and his horse dead. The body has been brought in and fully identified. May 28. Constable Walker, who shot Thunderbolt, is to be promoted, and will receive a reward of £500. The Inspector-General of Police visited Mr L. L. Smith's Anatomical Museum, and gave instructions to the police authorities to take proceedings against him for its suppression. May 30. Bird, the English pedestrian, was defeated on Saturday, at Newcastle, by a man named Campbell, in a half-mile race. Dr. Bobinson, convicted of obtaining money under false pretences, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment. During the recent flood at Nerrigundah four Chinamen were drowned. May 81. Fears are entertained regarding the safety of the schooner Lizzie Coleson. A boy was killed by a train in motion,

while crossing the line of railway yesterday. A melancholy accident occurred yesterday afternoon, by which five persons, all residents in Bay mond- terrace, lost their lives. They were out sailing in Nelson's Bay, and during a squall the boat was capsized and the five passengers drowned. The inhabitants of Uralla have presented constable Walker with a purse of 50 sovereigns, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct during his recent encounter with Thunderbolt, when the latter was shot dead. The Walgett Police, with the escort, and two prisoners, in trying to cross the Namoi Biver, were carried down with the flood. One prisoner was drowned. A boy, named Williams, was killed last night in the street, through the fire engine passing over him whilst he was running to see a fire. The Eev. Allan M'lntyre, of the Mannering Biver, is dead. June 1. Subscriptions are being raised towards the relief of the shipwrecked crew of the Walter Hood. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to burn Vickery's stores. Most disastrous floods have been experienced in Northern Australia. The Flinders river, running into the Gulf of Carpentaria, was very high. During these floods three men lived in trees for eight weeks, subsisting the while on reptiles. One of these men has since died. Mr Leopold Eawack, who some years since was a merchant in a large way in Sydney, has been charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. The case was remanded for further evidence. June 3. The Government intend to expend the balance of the immigration fund in . the introduction of female servants. The Colonial Secretary and Treasurer will attend the Intercolonial Conference, should the state of public business permit them to leave Sydney. The prosecution of the proprietor of the Anatomical Museum commenced today, and is not yet finished. Five shillings and threepence has been refused for a cargo Of Port M'Donnell wheat. Little damage has arisen from the floods atGoulburn. The Flood Committee are relieving all the urgent cases of destitution. The weather is now fine. The annual picnic of the employes of the Government Printing oflice has been a very successful affair. In the import market 1,000 boxes Boubaix candles sold at 10$ d, duty paid ; kerosene, 2s lOd, and the market is easier. Salt is offering freely at £3. Bulk ales are very firm.