Per s.s. Tararua, at the Bluff.
Melbotjbnb, February 21.
On the 18th December Parliament was further prorogued to the 4th April, but is not likely'to. meet before July. The period of intense heat has passed away. The weather is now cool and pleasant. A very large number of deaths has been reported for last month. There is no movement of any valedictory dinner to Sir George Bowen. Sydney, February 27. A splendid wbol show is being held by Hastings, Cuningham and Co. There were 71 exhibits of very superior quality, and the competition was very close for the five gold cups. W. Gisborne and Sons, Tasmania, took three first and two other prizes. The building for the International Exhibition has been commenced, and will be very handsome and extensive when completed. Lord Harry won two cups and the Handicap at Hobarton< pretty easily. His owner netted nearly £5000 by winning the double at the Geelong meeting.
The inquest on Mrs Charlotte Collins terminated after several adjournments. The jury, after two hours' deliberation,: returned a verdict that death was caused by criminal abortion, but there was no evidence to show by whom. They added that the conduct of Mr Cooke throughout the case had been somewhat suspicious.
Another embracery case is likely soon to come before the Court very similar to the last.
Frederick McKean, tried for murdering his child, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for manslaughter. The trial of Lynch, for sending a threatening letter in the name of' Ned Kelly, has been postponed. The space in the Exhibition asked for Great Britain and Europe exceeds the whole area of the main floor. Six hundred and twenty men are employed on the building and grounds. An East Indian, who witnessed the massacre of Ingahano's party, said they were all cooked and eaten the same night. The French man-o'-war Allier put in at Cooktown with 157 sick of malarious fever, contracted at Java. H.M.S. Machen will winter at Sydney. < f The Herald states that the Prince of Wales declines to approve of the attempt by a small number of brethren of the Masonic Order of New South Wales to form an independent Grand Lodge.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3133, 4 March 1879, Page 2
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364Per s.s. Tararua, at the Bluff. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3133, 4 March 1879, Page 2
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