stone from Stawell. The stone which has been adopted is undergoing analysis. He suggested that the company should meanwhile forward samples of dressed and undressed marble, which would be submitted to the inspection of members of Parliament. There are no less than six candidates in the field for the seat vacated in the Geelong constituency by the death of Mr C. Kernot. Their names are Messrs W. Pink, W.- H. Iloyd,.Meakiu, C. E. Jones, 0. Andrews, and J. H, Connor. But it is exceedingly im probable that more than two of these will go to the poll. The candidate selected by the local branch of the National Reform League is Mr W. H. Lloyd. When a train from Wodonga to Melbourne, on the 9th instant, was approaching the Talla rook Station the passengers heard an extraor dinary bumping. A sheet of fire was immediately afterwards observed from un der one carriage. Mr Walker, Mr W. Clark, M.P., and other passengers unsuc cessfully endeavored to arrest the attention of the guard, but the danger was seen from the station, and the train was stopped. It was then found that some of the under portion of one of the carriages was broken, and that the ends were striking agaiust the permanent way, the friction causing the wood to ignite. The “ Australasian’s ” revised estimate of the last wheat harvest shows the yield to be 75,542 bushels less than the estimate published in January, the total yield being 10,204,548 bushels, an average of nearly 91 bushels per acre.
April 11. The Sheriff’s office was burglariously entered last night, and the collections in the boxes for the various charitable institutions were stolen.
