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OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.(Fro* Saturday's Get*™***I Qaiitli.)ArrO[NTMs*Tt—The following aro appointed sheep director* :—Salome : Henry William Hammond, Thomas H. Bill. Booth Sharp! cy, James Hill, and Thomas Baker.—Banana: Charles B. Dutton, Thomas Little. William F. Whits, Chari* P. J. Toolb, and Frederick Jspson Boor.-Broadaound: Robert Macma.trr. Richard W. Chaso, William Harvey Holt, J. A. Macanooy, and W. 11. Macdonald — Burke: Robert Gray, Martin Hatter.Edward Palmer, Jam* Gibaon, and 11. Oakden.—Cook : Allan Gray, EdmundBelton Powar, Frederick Joshua Walpen Beardmore, William Jam* Hartley, and Richard Tenant Bhielda.—Dalby : Hon.Jam* Taylor, Hugh M. Faison, Chari* \VU-liama, Edward Hodgson, and John Sbiito Jeasop.—Gladstone: Hugh Stimt, John Bell, Alfred Wit, William Cadell, and William Young.—North Kennedy; William Hann, Edward Cunningham, Montague Curr, Darid H. Cudmore, and William Doyle I’richard.— South Kennedy: Frederick It. Bode, Alfred Haylock, Jam* Hall Beott, A. H. Wilmington, and John W. Wilson.— Maroutm: Jam* law lor, Thomas Brown, George Bsddos, Fredwick Dunamurs, and George Taylor.—Mitchell: Aynslcy John El. Hot, John Govitt, Henry D. Dutton, Terrick A. HamIItor, and Robert Gillmpie.—East Mott!on : Hoc. Frederick II. Hart, George Half, Simeon Lord, Thomas Home, and Alexander Raff.—West Marc ton : Samuel M'Gre-eor, Henry E. Hill. John Harding, William Butler, and Thomas Alford.— Rockh.raptoo : William Pattison, Prter Fltulleo McDonald, William Berkkmau, Jam* Thompson, and John Mamy.—ripriogtws: Samuel BoUtho, Allan C. Gillespie, Allan N. Foots, 0. S. « ills, Henry Richards.-T-room : Charles J. Rorda. George Langfcorne, William Lord, Andrew Scott, and Jam* W. W. Jackson.—Warrego: George Kinchin Smith, Thomas Alexander Brodie, Walter Flood, Alfred Goodwin, and John Holdsworih Macfarlane. — Warwick : Alfred Greenup, Thomas Hamasr, John Mararthnr, William Ball Blado, and John Donald Maeanah. — Wido Bay: A. P. Barton, John Eaton, Jam* Ou, Thomas Rose, and Nugent Wads Brown. To act with the sheep directors in carrying out the provisions of tbs Marsupials Destruction Act: — Balonne: Peter M'Aulsy, Patrick Brennan, and Richard M'Doagall.—Banana: Jam* Thomas Marsh Bell, Alfred Andrew Wright, and Edward Thomas Homer—Broadaound -Mark Christian, William J**.p, and O. I’. J. Boardmoto.—Dalbv '■ Francis 0 Br»dribb, Maurice C. Mason, and G.lb,rt Gostwy.h Cory—Gladstone: Robert Ij»idtdW Fatsrson, James Bell, and Alfred Moiuib.-UoonJi-windi: F D. Vignolles, E. B Hopkins, and Donald M'lntyro — South Kennedy • William Da Balls, George Henderson. and Charles Waite. —Maranoa: R. Copeland Lethbridge, Chari* J. Stuart, and Angus Macphsreon.—Mitcbai! ; Edward R. kdkins, Norman C. Berry, and L. F. Dalhuntr.—West Moreton : Alexander R«ff, Jnmcs Henry M'Connel, and William Kellett. —Taroom: William N. Asoougb, George L. Singleton, and John Mandril — Wane jo : Henry fora. Adolphus Bartlett Jones, and fredertvk Walker. — Warwick : Henry Bracksr, Edward O. M Hill, and Augustus Kraus. — Wule Bay : Jam* Doutsr. George llant, and Hand F. Johnstone.— Edward Rowland Edkins, Thomas Stevenson Ssrord, and Thcmaa M'Whannel to »* trnsue. of the nuocourse reserve at Aramae; John Ewan Davidson, A If rwi llart Lloyd, and Korah Ualcombc Wille to be trustees of the reserve of tho Meckay Agricultuial, Pastoral, and Mining Association. Me*r*. John Clunn and and William Jackson, to be members of com-miliee for tho Stats school at I'ooktown, rit* Benjamin H. Palmer, whose servic* hare been dispensed with, and Albert Kdward Byket, who haa left the district; Edward Moakos to be an auditor of the Division of liras util, in the room of E. 1» R Davidson, deceased : Sergeant Michael Bnrke to be an inspector of slaughter*bouses, and i f cattle intended for slaughter, in the police district of Roma: Senior-constable Robert Uilland-rs to be acting Clerk of Petty Soasion* at Ingham, which is appointed a place at which Courts of Petty Sessions shall be heldDivisional Boavds By-laws.—The by-laws made by the fvlUwlng Divisional Boards hatoTits W*a iji South Amakica.—It Is notified that the ports on tho const ol Pern, up to the 19th degree of *uth*rn latitude, are in the posMsu-io of the forces of Chili, and that there la reason to believe test tho Peruvian coast to tho north of that parallel is under blockade by the Chilian fleet.CHEAP LABOUR.I* commenting on an srtiele written by Mr. Carl A. Feilberg, and which recently appeared in i he FirMriM Krrute, tho Jfartsy Mrrcwy says.— Many of bia preiuUe* may bo compared to ropes of sand. Neither separation, nor the miners of the Hodgkinson, nor the Woolgar will b« able to mb tropical agriculturists of their liberty or their franchise, nor of that cheap kind of labrur so highly neceanry for tha successful production of anger, tea, and coffee, valuable articles of commerce, and suitable for the soil and climate of northern Uoeensland. We are not strange* to the ways of mine*, reefers, and lucky diggers. Most of them, after making what may be lenntd a ' pil#,’ naturally resolve to many, settle down upon the soil, and either cultivate, grace cattle, or build pmperti* near the gold-fields, or wimewhare withio the oolosy. When tbs alluvial claims of the Ovens, Bendigo, Mount Alexander, tha Lachlaa, and Gym pee, ran out, did not large towna and agricultural settlements arias like msgic i We will aot go so 1st as Victoria or New South Wal* to prove our case. Who do* not remember the time when the residents of Wide Bay, and East and West Morctou, did not know what to do until Gy*pic srnt them relief* We ran rscout hundreds of instances of how lucky diggers returned to their horn*, and have since created districts like the Logan, Caboolture, Maroochle, Trawetan. (JwanyiUa. and worked the sugar-lands of the Mary River. What Gympie did for agricultnre, so wi:l the present and future goldflvlds of the North do for the formation of farms and plantations, tbs construction of roads and bridges, tha opening up of tha bush, and tbs utilisation of the soil, the cr*!ioo of town* and villages, with tbs surrounding districts busking in glorious vrgetatiou and with waalth of trop cal crops. The future farm* and plaster of the North, when he throws down the drill and fuse to follow the plough and handle the hoe, will be the first to sing out for coolie or kanaka labour.ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A BLACK GIN.Chaims Jenkins and Edward Richardson, were brought np at the City Police Court on Wednesday, .barged with Laving, on tbs Ctb instant, near K'l.oy, maliciously wounded e black gin, known as •* Topsyby throwing a lighted mat.h into tome gunpowder, which rxi lod.d anJ cbus.i1 severe injuries to her face and breast. Tho following evidence was ad-dn.cd : —Constable Arroll was examined, and deposed that he arrested the accused on Saturday last near Kilcoy, by virtue of the warrants produced. Neither of them said anything when the warrants wore read to them in the lockup at Cabcolture. When Jenkins was arrested he said, “I bad nothing ts do with it. I was standing alongside the blacks' camp lighting mv pipe when It happened. The black gin asked me for the match, and when 1 bad lit my own pipe 1 gXTe bar the match. She let the match (all and the explosion of the powd»r then took place, Nothing was sail shout how the powder got there. Witn-e* w.nt to the blacks* omp the morning after he arrested the ao-cs«-J. and Jenkitls (here pointed to s pleo* on the ground wkt-re the grass, on an area about two L et long sod eighteen inch* wide. »u burned. On the samo morning b-.fore hr left the blacks* camp with the auaaod hr saw the young hla.lt;k gin “Topsy.'* She wis io a worse state then lhn no* Brought the pri-oo• rs into Bns-lane yesterday, and Senior Constable Canning took Topsy '* to the hospital.l»r. Iamb, at present in charge of the Brisbane Hospital, stated that about half-past 5 o'clock yesterday evening Senior-, onstable Canning brought the bis. k gin •* Topey” to him to be examined. He found that her face, tha upper part of her chest, neck, the inner side of the right arm, and a spot on the fo* arm, which had been injured by an extensive burn, were in different stages of healing. Observed something on tho lower part of th# chest res mbliog gunpowder. Was of opinion
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