Dbatk o» k R*oi Uonlf,— W« lttro th»k Mr WHIUm M% hit* •nrtHinid a lota Ihroikuh th« ile«th of hi* rao*»tly fm* ported •t*>«plvohn««r Olw^ror. Tli* hora*, Kfhllt dointi * m^lop it Mp M'Kij'i priftU •rftinlnf ground, on Frldnj, nifid^lj dropped 4o«t«, *Q<i di«d »loio»t imltutlj.
Professor Pearson, who win defeated at the election, hat been given an appoint ment in the Education Department equ.il to LI OOO a year. Hit duty it to reform and re-organise the Deportment. One of the n.en injured in the collision near Dunkeld hat died. At the inqueat John James, manager and contractor, was committed for mnn*hiughter, for hating given orders that led to the collision. Lee, the proprietor of the "Police Newt," hat been committed for trial for a libel on a woman. Mr Jamea Granger, who was a can didate for Stawell last election, hat been

Melbourne, June 11.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (Per Arawata, at the Bluff.)

CHRISTCHURCH. June 24.
A curious oase of pasting counterfeit sovereigns o»me before the Resident Ma gistrate yesterday. It seems a draper in town h*a been selling reat buttons which are a good imitation of sorereigns. A boy named William Henry Oaton got some of these, carefully filed off the shanfts, and passed one of the buttons as a sovereign, 'but in the second at tempt was oaught. The Bench cen sured the draper who had sold the but tons, pointing out that any person of common sense would have seen what great temptation he was offering to persons to commit fraud. The case was adjourned till Monday. Another boy has since been arrested for a similar offence.
