INTER-COLONIAL NEWS.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1199, 4 August 1874, Page 4

INTER-COLONIAL NEWS.

T!io Victorian Government stated, after making full inquiries, that no kidnapping had occurred on board the .Daphne in the South Seas. Dr Cairns lias resigned his pastorate of the Chalmers Church, Melbourne. The congregation is sending fcb Scotlaud for a successor. JDr Kerr, of Glasgow, is recommended for the Chair of Theology in connection with the Presbyterian Church iu Victoria. We learn that Lurliue and Papapa are to leave .Nelson for Melbourne, to take part in the Victoria Race Meeting, by the s.s. Otago. Both are reported to be looking well, hut it is said that the mare will not go for the Metropolition. A short time ng'o a man named Elliot was killed between Launceston and llobart Town by an accident to the coach on which he was a passenger. There was opposition on the road at the time, and the rival coaches were racing when the accident occurred. The widow brought an action for damages against the coach proprietor, and the jn.y found in her favor, awarding her £-500. The Ballarat Star says that sixty applications were receive.l for the appointment of office-assistant t > the Town Clerk of Ballarat blast, and at (he meeting of the Town Council on the sth instant, a lengthy speech was ; marie by Or Ivey. lie pointed out that the majority of the youth of the colony were brought up to whit was called "genteel employment," and parents would feel insulted if advised to send their children to learn a trade. He regretted this, and gave it as his opinion thai: in a few years the population would consist mostly of quiil-tlrivci's and very few mechanics.