The death is announced this morning, in another column, of Mr James Jardine, lato chief reporter on the London Echo. Mr Jardinc arrived in the Colony on January last by the ship Wellington, having been recommended to the Colony for the benefit' of his health. Ho was considerably improved in health when he arrived in tho Colony, but while up-country he caught a severe cold. He returned to Dunedin, and was taken care of by Mr James Dobie, but notwithstanding every attention on the part of his friends and medical advisor congestion of the lungs and jaundice set in, and he died on Saturday morning. Mr Jardine began his connection with the Press as re porter on the Dumfries Standard at the age of 18, under Mr W. M'Dowal, who is the oldest editor on the Scottish Press, and a very pro nounced radical. Mr Jardine became afterwards sub-editor of the Sunderland Echo, and after occupying that position for six years he receivod the appointment of chief reporter on the Lon don Echo, relinquishing it some two years later ou account of ill health. Ho was held iv high esteem by members of Parliament, literary men, and the editors o£ many of the metropolitan newspapers. Ho was conscious almost to tho last, and retained his old interest in everything that transpired with regard to English polities. jWe understand lie leaves' a wife and child in Scotland to mourn tUc early death of a career of much promise.
Tlio Tuapcka Times states that the surveyors of tlie Lawrosicu-Uoxburgb. railway route siave now got as far as Beaumont and are advancing the work very rapidly. At the present rate, the survey should be completed through to Rox burgh in the course of a few weeks.
