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Broughton, March 10 ; Inglewood, barque, from Lyttelton, March 27; Remonstrant, barque, from Lyttelton, March 31; East-minser, ship, from Wellington, Apri 15; Canter bury, ship, from Port Chalmers, April 8 At Havre—Alice Platt, barque, from Adelaide—March 14.COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.VICTORIA.[From oar own Correspondent]Melbourne, June 28.The most intense excitement has prevailed in the city to-day iu consequence of the news respecting the Kelly gang. The streets have been crowded with people, and throughout the day the Aye and Aryus published special editions rapidly, containing the latest particulars. The office* of thoje papers were bseieged, with people, ami crowds congregated discussing the affair. It is expected that Ned Kelly will be brought down to the Melbourne Gaol.Arrived — Coorong and South Australian, steamers, from Adelaide. Sailed—Victorian steamer, for Adelaide.Mr. Berry has issued a Liberal programme, based on resolutions passed at a caucus meeting of the Opposition this afternoon. The following are the proposals: —The powers of the Assembly in matters of fins' '.e to be the same ms those of the House of v/ummons; the extension of the franchise for the Council; the ratepayers' qualification for members of the Council to be the same as that of the^eleetors of that body; the term ef the Council to be six years, one-third of the members retiring every three years.NEW SOUTH WALES.[From onr own Correspondent.]Sydney, June 28.The excitement consequent] on the news about the Kelly gang is most intense and absorbing. The final intelligence of the destruction of the gang was received with great satisfaction.The boiler of a steam-engine on the Co-operative Company's works, Newcastle, exploded to-day. Three men who were near it had a miraculous escape.It is rnmored that the Opposition will not further oppose the Government financial proposals, which come on for discussion again tomorrow.The Melbourne Exhibition Commissioners beld a meeting to-day at which the report of the executive commissioner was received. Exhibits are coming in freely. It is intended to apply for 10,000 feet more space. Coal, minerals, aud wool will be specially well-represented.Avernua has been scratched for the Hawkes-bury Grand Handicap. Vernon’s disqualification by the VJi.C. has been endorsed by the Haw lttasbury Club. Napper Tandy is being backed steadily for the Melbourne Cup, aud Kamilaroi is backed heavily to win the Hawkeabury Guineas.At the New South Wales Coursing Club meeting this afternoon, it wag announced that the intercolonial contest had falleu through, mod it was determined to renew the challenge early next year, and to include South Australia.At Mr. Arthur flketolilej’s farewell to-night there was a splendid house.QUEENSLAND.[From our own Correspondent.]Brisbane, J une 28.A miner named Miohael Fox, aged 27, waa killed this morning on the Tyrcouaell prospecting claim, Hodgkinsoo. by a fall of earth caused by the breaking of the timbering. Two other miners were injured; one of them, Terence Slattery having an arm broken, and the other, McMahon, being badly bruised.A crushing of eighty-seven tons of stone from the United Caledonia claim, at Gympie, has yielded 360 ounces of gold. A crushing of fifteen tons from the new field at Strathalbyn has yielded 48 ounces.COUNTRY TELEGRAMS.[From our own Correspondents.]TUB FATAL ACCIDENT AT QD URN.PORT AUGUSTA, June 28.A fatal accident happened at the Pinkerton nater-works on Saturday, when six men wore ‘uritd alive by a drive falling in. Three of the men ^ere killed,namely,Frank McCormack,Stephen 'cubertby, and George Battens. Two of the eecued men had over seven feet of earth on htm, and one of thorn had his collar bou roktn. All three of the rescued men are ecovering. The fall bapened about 11 ’clock, and the men were recovered between and 6. No earthly aid could have saved hose who are dead. The deoeased were allwith which they carried out tneir exploits rousea publio indignation in Victoria and New South Wales to an intense pitch. The bushrangers were outlawed, and rewards were offered by the New South Wales and Victorian Governments collectively amounting to £7,000, whioh with the reward offered by the banks increased the price on the heads of the outlaws to £3,000. The police were stimulated to increased exertions to capture the desperadoes, black trackers from Queensland were introduced, and every effort was made to rid the country of the outlaws. The task, however, seemed impossible to perform, the gang had sympathisers in different parts of the country, and as time went on their capture was looked upon almost as hopeless. As the year grew older without any further crime being committed, and as the police found it impossible to capture the outlaws, the pursuit was alaokeued and the police were gradually withdrawn. Indeed there was a general impressioa that the gang, or at least its principal members, had left the colony, aud bad departed to ** freah woods and pastures new.” That this impression waa not shared by some of the police authorities in Victoria is evident from the fact that to a certain extent a surveillance of the district has been maintained. It waa thonght by many that the aunouncement of the withdrawal of the police was intended to draw out the Kellys. Whatever may be the fact respecting this it Bttms clear that the New South Wales Government looked upon the further pursuit, so far as their police were concerned, as unnecessary, as their reward waa withdrawo, and the Victorian Government followed suit, although it is understood that the period within whioh the reward of the Victorian Government may ba claimed has not yet expired. For some time past nothing had been heard of the Kellys, bat there were watch parties in the suspected district, and one of those stationed at Sebaa-tapol received an unpleasant reminder on Saturday evening that the bushrangers were still at large. On that evening a settler named Aaron Skerritt was shot dead by Byrne, and several shots were fired at the hut then occupied by the watch party. The bushrangess proceeded to Glenrowon, which is situated right in the heart of the gold mining country. There are a few runB in the district, but the principal industry is mining. The Eldorado Station is between Beechworth andOhiltern, and is surrounded by mountain ranges very diffioult of passage, aud weli-known in former times as the retreat of the cattle duffers, by whcm the district was infested. This part of the country was rendered specially notorious by the roguery ef a cattle duffer named Gidiey. He made an immense amount of money by stealing tbecattle of the squatters, but was finally arrested aBd sent to the Melbourne Gaol, where he died. The raDges in the neighborhood formed most convenient hiding places for the cattle duffers, and they weie largely made use of for that purpose. The Eldorado Greek takes its rise in these hills and rune towards Chiltern. At different plaoea along its course the creek is known by other names, such as the Sebastopol and the Woolshed.10 a.m.The following telegram has been received from Glen row an:—On the arrival of the Bpeoial train at Glen-rowan about 3 o'clock this morning it was found that the Kellys had all Glenrowan stuck up, and that the railway line waa torn up. OwiDg to the courage of Constable Bracken the lives of the party were saved. The bushrangers got into Jones’s Hotel with aboat forty men and womeD, and firing at once coramenoed, and has continued at intervals since then. At 7 o'clock this morning Ned Kelly was seen in the timber at the rear of the hotel, where he fought for half an hour, and waa then shot down and brought in evidently mortally wounded. When Ned Kelly waa first shot, he oould have escaped, but he stuck to his comrades aud fought to the lasti The hotel in which Hart, Dan Kelly, and Byrne are entreuohed is completely surrounded, but they still hold out. Superintendent Hare was shot in the wrist at the outset by Kelly, who was but a few yards distant when he shot at him. It is stated that a boy in the hut waa phot dead. There are fifty police now on the scene, and the firing is Incessant.1.4-5 p.m.The gang have shot Jones, the landlord of the hotel. The inhabitants who were shut up in the hotel have esoaped. Ned Kelly has been shotteen, were shot, bat were not seriously wounded. A black tracker had a narrow escape, a ball grazing his forehead.The following statement has been made by Superintendent Hare:—The pilot engine was stopped half a mile from Glourowao, and we were told that the line had been pulled up by the Kellys. The train and the pilot-engine went up to Glenrowan Station. I jumped out and went to the station-master’s house. His wife told me that everybody had beeu driven into the bush by the Kellys. I ordered the men out of the train. Bracken rushed np, saying he had escaped from Jones’s Hotel. I went towards Jones’s, and when 50 or 60 yards distant a shot was fired, which Btruok me oa the left wrist. I surrounded the house with police and telegraphed to Dr. Nicholson at Wangaratta for assistance.Ned Kelly has three wounds, but Dr. Nicholson does cot consider any of them mortal. The police are very plucky. The armour the gang have got on is made of plough shares. Ned Kelly waa armed with a breastplate of iron and a mask and helmet. The .police will not hesitate to demolish the building, as it is believed that none but outlaws are inside. It iB stated that the bushrangers held children up at the windows to prevent the firing. The 12-pounder Bent up at 2 o’clock stopped at Wangaratta, os the party in charge heard that the affair was over.The stationmaster at Glenrowan states—I was awoke at 3 o’clock on Sunday morniDg by a knock at the door. I got out of bed, thiuking that the gates wanted opening, the house being eighty yards distant. When I was half dressed I went to open the door. As I arrived at the door it was burst in. I asked, “ Who are you '? The reply waa, “ I am Ned Kelly.” I saw a man with an over coat who walked to my bedroom. Mrs. Stain street and the children were in bed at the time* Ned Kelly said, “ You come with me to take up the rails.” I completed dressing and followed him out on the line. I found seven or eight men near the gate leading to the line. Ned Kelly said, “ Instruct those men how to raise the rails, as I expeot a special train.” I objected, stating I did not understand how to do so; that the only persons who understood the line were the repairers. Kelly went on alone to platelayer Riordan’s house, a quarter of a mile distant. The other men were left iu charge of Steve Hait. The latter struck me with bis rifla and ordered me to produce tools. Ned Kelly, with Riordan and Sallivan, the line repairers, arrived, and the three weut down the line in the direction of Waugaratta. I stood with Hart for two hours until Ned Kelly returned. Ned Kelly enquired bow the train was stopped with the signalising lamp, and explained that a special train waa approaching. Ned said, “ You must give do signal,” directing Hart to my fase and shoot me if I stirred. After a time I was marched back to the house, and other* were brought in, seventeen iu all, and locked up. On Sunday we were allowed to go out,but were watched. The women were allowed to go to JoDes’s Hotel iu the afternoon. We all went to Jones’s Hotel later. The buslirangera watched in turn before the special arrived. I was ordered by Hart not to signal. I went into Jones's kitchen and found Mrs. Jones’s two children there and a man named McKean. The train arrived soon afterwards, and firing commenced furioasly. A ball grazed the temple of a child, but not seriously hurting it, and I went into the yard, where I saw the gang. They said, “If yon go out yon will be shot.” I passed to my house as the firing was going oa, but was not injured.The hotel wai not set fiie to till orders were received from the Chief Secretary. It was believed that none but the three bushraugers were inside. The Governor sent a letter congratulating Superintendent Hare. The lates: telegram received by the police states that the contest iB all over. Hart and Dan Kelly were burnt to ashes. The body of Byrne is at the railway station awaiting an inquest. Ned Kelly is wounded, and is lying in the next room. It is expected that ho will recover. A detachment of police has been sent up to convey Ned Kel ly to Melbourne.An inquest on the body of Aaron Skerritt, who was shot on Saturday night by Byrne, was commenced to-day before Mr. Foster. The father and brother of deceased gave general evidence. The mother of the deceased deposed to being in the hut with her daughter, the de-along with the pilot-engine, have beeu hurled into a deep gully just below Glenrowan station. This gully ib behind a curve in the line, which would have prevented the conductors from seeing the pilot-engine go over the embankment where the rails had beeu torn np. upt. Hare, with one or two of the police, proceeded with the pilot engine to the railway station, closely followed by the special. On arriving at the station the horses wore quickly got out of the trucks by the men, whilst Superintendent Hare, with one or two men and Mr Rawliugs, proceeded towards the Glenrowan Hotel to seek information.The township of Glenrowan cjusiats of about half a dozen house*, inclusive of two bush hotels, Jones’s Glenrowan Hotel beiog about 200 yards from the station on the west side of the line, whilBt McDonald’s Hotel is about the same distance on the athec side of the line. The instant the meu stepped on to the platform they were canvinoed by the report of a shot fired from Jones's Hotel that they were in the presence of rhe desperate autlaws. The next few minute# was productive of painful exoitement. The police abandoned their horses and rushed for their urrns. The black tracker sprang forward [with their leader, and soon took up a good position in front of the house. Superintendent Hare, who could be plainly seen by the light of the moon, walked boldly towards the hotel, and when within about 25 yards of the verandah tho tall figure of a man came around the corner and fired a shot which took effect in Superintendent Hare’s wrist, but Kelly found in him one who would not shrink. Senior-Constable Kelly and Mr.Raw lings were close by,and the former returned the fire which was taken up by Superintendent Hare, although wounded, and Mr. Rawlings followed his example. Just before Superintendent Hare waa wounded, Constable Bracken, the local policeman, who had been made prisoner in the hotel, made bis escape, and spread the information that about 40 inmates were kept there under watch. The back kitchen wsa constructed of slabs, and into this the police poured about sixty shots. Superintendent Hare’s voice waa heard above the terrified screams of the women and children giving orders to stop firing. These orders were repeated by Constable Kelly to the men outside at the back. The Kellys [fired four bhots amoDgst the polio© and uttered brutal language, calling upon the police to come on. After the lapse of an hour Superintendent Hare approached the railway station, saying he had been wounded in the wrist, which was Weeding very much. There was no doctor preeeut and the reporters bandaged the wound, and so Btoppei the bleeding. Daring this time Mrs. O'Connor and Miss Smith remained unwilling witnesses of the scene from the railway carriage. The bullets from the outlaws whistled past the train. The’women imploied Superintendent Hare not to go back but he did so. His reappearance on the trenches wai a fresh signal for firing, and the valley was soon filled with smoke. Superin-tendant Hare became faint from loss of blood and was compelled to retire. He weut back to Benalla on au engine in order to have the injury attended to, and to send more men to the front. A long and tedious interval followed, daring which time Mr. StainBtreot, the swition-master, suddenly left the hotel where he had been kept a prisoner with other residents. He walked boldly away and had a narrow escape of being shot by the police, but he saved himself by proclaiming that he was the station-master. He reported that the gang were still in the house, and that tho shots of the police had struck a daughter of Mr. Jones, Fourteen years of age, on the head ; whilst a son named John Jones, nine years ol age, had been wounded iu the hip. Mrs. Jones and Mrs- Reardon, both of whom were walking about the place disregarding the danger to be feared from the volleys which the police at intervals poured into the hotel, were frequently called upon by the police to come away. but they hesitated, and Mrs. Reardon aud her son were frighteued to accompany Mr. Reardon to the station. The poor woman was carrying a baby only a few months old in her arms, but she eventually ran to the station, where she received every kindness. She was in a terrible condition. She stated—The gang took possession of the town on Sunday morning. We were all in bed, and were aroused by Ned Kelly, who knocked at the door and told my husband to surrender. He advised us all to dress. We did so,[By Telegraph.][From oar own Correspondent,]Port Pirie, June 28.The ceremony of planting the first tree on the paik lauds was performed to-day. A largt crowd of persons assembled and evinced the mos! lively interest in the proceedings, especially fcht ladies. A detachment of volunteers, under Captain H. E. Turner, lent eclat to the affair by firing a salute after the planting of the tree Councillor Coombe introduced Mrs. Wood, whc planted the tree, and expressed a hope that il would grow and flourish vigorously, and alsc that every tree that was planted oa the Port Pirie Park Lands would do the same. (Prolonged cheers.) The Mayor of the town. Mr. Wood, responded for his wife, aud Baid it gave him iufiuite pleasure to see such a large gathering, more especially ae the weather waa unpropitious for the ladies. He wish 2d to express his thanks for the hearty manner in which the public had responded by voluntary subscriptions to fence in, plough, and plant their recreation reserve. He also referred with thanks and pleasure to the assistance and advice which were given by Dr. Scomburgk and Mr. Brown (the conservator of forests). He trusted to see in a few years the present barren waste and vast fields of dust converted into fertile parks and gardens, beautifully adorned with lovely foliaged trees and shrubs; spots where the citizens could revel in the bouQtiful shades, and with their sweethearts and wives enjoy the umbrageous promenades. (Cheers.] No town was more deserving of recognition al the bauds of the Government than Port Pirie (Applause.) In order to make the main street in the early days the contractors were allowed by the Government to remove soil from the park lands, and thus they totally destroyed all vertigee of natural growth, and created a tremendous dust in summer and fields of mud ir winter. The course which had been adoptee in the part had been condemned by every visitor and public man, and even meu ir power regretted it, and saw the mistake It had never been expected that Port Pirit would become such an important place, and they must now try and amend tho mistakes of the past, (Cheers.) The corporation intendod tlt; point out the maguificent result of this voluntary jeffcrt to reclaim these wastes, and tc urge the desirableness of the Government assisting these commendable efforts. (Loud cheers. If the Government did so they would be abletc fence in the whole of the park lands instead o! cnly one-half, aud thus satisfy the nor them half of the inhabitants as well as improvi the appearance of the whole township a thousand-fold.Obe«ra for the Mayor wer3 then given. Councillor Goode followed, and thanked tin volunteers for their attendance. The Nationa Anthem was then sung, and the crowd dispersedA champagne lnnch in the Mayor’s honsi wound up the proceedings.A matter of some importance wm brought forward at the meeting of the Foeesi Board on Monday upon a report received from the conservator, Mr. Brown, who stated that the representative of an English tannery firm was now iu the colony iu connection wiib the supply of wattle bark from Australia, which,according to his statement, had somewhat falleu off. Mr. Brown suggested that the cultivation of wattles should be carried on more extensively, a* the bark would find a good market. A short discussion took place upon the report, the members of the board seeming to think that if public;ty were given to the statement tbit there was a good market for watllebark farmers aud others might cultivate the wattle on the poorer portions of their land, air Brown was d rooted to cultivate the wattle in aueh places as he might deem advisable.The first of lr. Matthew Burnett's “ mothers’ meetings was held in the Town Hall on Monday afternoon, June 28. As this kind of meeting is quite novel in Adelaide it is not to be wondered that there was a very large number of ladies present—in fact there could not have beeu less than 900 persons in the hall. The Rev. O. H. Goldsmith was on the platform and Mr. Burnett occupied the chair. Toe latter gave two reading?, viz.—“ Franklin’s visit to his mother” and “ Lost,” and in the course of his audressltaespokeof t’aegood women’s meet.ingshad done in Ballarat. Miss Vaudepeer sang two songs, one of them— The drunkard’s wife” —being rendered very sweetly. Mrs. Magarey gave the “Cradle song of the poor, and Mrs. Stous and Miss Stephens saDg the duet “ List to the convent bells.” A portion of Mr. Burnett’s regular choir was present, and Miss Win wood presided at the piano. At the conclusion of the meetinp- ahoiit tfiirtv Denton* ntsrnad fthn nlnilo^
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