Corroboree

On Saturday evening the aborigines, in ac
cordance with an advertisement In the Oncer,
dian, held a corrobboree at the rear of the Sir
John Franklin Hotel before a moderate atten
dance. At first their antics were gone through by
the light of a bonfire; but as that was against a
by-law of the Corporation, it was soon doused.
However, they_went on, and some benevolently- !
minded individuala procured some fundlns,
which made the darkness visible. The perfor
mance concluded about quarter-past 9 o'clock.—

THE ABORIGINALS.—We have had a good,
sprinkling of blackfellows and their lubras
amongst us for the last week or so. On
Saturday Mr. Coles kindly sold them a few
opossum rugs—thus making them acquainted
with some of the advantages of this species of
sale, as their rugs fetched on an average 15/ to
16/ each. In the evening these sable visitors
held a corroboree in the yard of the Sir John
Franklin Hotel, at which there was a large
gathering of spectators..