Supper for the fallen
A midnight supper to fallen women was given last evening in the People’s Hall, Sussex Street, under the auspices of the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army. During the early part of the evening a number of agents and workers of the Mission patrolled several of the streets and thoroughfares most frequented by women of the abandoned class, and persuaded many to accept of the hospitality extended to them by the army.
Rabbit extermination
The members of the Intercolonial Rabbit Commission have paid a visit to Rodd Island, and have inspected the buildings there which have been erected for the purpose of experimenting with the diseases intended to be introduced for the extermination of the pest. Mr. Oliver, Under-Secretary for Lands, who accompanied the commission, expressed himself highly satisfied with the progress of the work.
Railway to the city
Yesterday afternoon a preliminary meeting of gentlemen favourable to the proposed extension of the railway from Redfern to the harbour was held. The chairman said there was no chief town in any of the colonies which had not a railway in the centre of the city. Ten years ago Sir Henry Parkes promised that the line should be carried out, and there was now no just reason why the line should be longer delayed.