O'Neil, Mulligan, Marks and Carrah charged with being concerned in the great tobacco robbery have been com mitted for trial.
FLOODS AND GALES.
WEST MAITLAND INUNDATED.
By (hhk.—Pm Amlatm,

Sydney, Jauuary 22.
Owing to floods beyond Newcastle communication with Queensland is interrupted.
Heavy easterly gales are raging along the coast, and are accompanied by exceptionally heavy rain.
It is feared in the Newcastle dis tricts that there will be a repetition of the floods of 1893.
The northern rivers are rising with alarming rapidity, and boats are being prepared in expectation of the heavy floods.
Most of the farms in the West Maifcland district are already inun dated.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Wellington, January 22; Miss Mary Pridham was the lady who fell off the train, she was standing on the platform at the time. She is still unconscious, but likely to recover.
Splendid weather'for the holiday, and che streets are almost deserted.
Despite the regatta, large numbers went ont by trams. Besides the regatta and the races, the Friendly Societies had a sports meeting on the Basin Re serve, which was fairly attended.
