AUSTRALIAN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 12 April 1882, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

SERIOUS GUNNEBY 4COIDIJMT AT QUEENSOLJP]?. Melbourne, April 11, A serious accident occurred yestorday afternoon, at" the Queenscliff Battery. One of the guns which was being used by the Volunteers for practice hurst, and two of the dotachment were seriously injured. Latkr,

The repot'!; circulated last night, to the effect that a gun had burst at the Queenscliff Battery, was not correal, The accjdent occurred in tlie following manner!One of the 40-pounder Armstrongs was fired, when the shell with which it was loaded exploded immediately after leaving tho muzzle of the gun, and two civilians (not volunteers, as was previously stated), who were walking below the cliff, were struok by the pieces, One of them is so Berionsly injured that hip reoovory is not expected. The coach which runs between this city and Lilydale met with an accident' this morning. Four persons wero injured. TJ)o man, whose name is Ross, who was ib seriously injured by tho Queenscliff accident yesterday,. djed from the effects of his wounds this afternoon,

Mr Billing has been offered a, County Court Judgeship, and lias accepted the position. Per Merchant Shipping and Under writers' Association:—London, April 8 Arrived—Ships Mario Berg from Oamaru (December 6); Auckland, from Port Chalmers (January 14) j and Waimate, fromLytteltou'(Januaryl9). < ■. ' • Albany, April 11.The P. and O. Company's stoamship Bohilla arrived in King George's Sound this morning with tho inward mails, via Suez and Brindisi, dated London, March 10. Adelaide, April 11, Wheat is now quoted at 5s lOd to 6s lid. Town flour has advanced from i'l3 10s to £l4 per ton, and country brands to £12155.