INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Issue 107, 18 September 1866, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

The last Sydney Escorts ■ brought down 55500z. of gold. - Resolutions for re-establishing State Aid to religion have been carried in the New South Wales Assembly. The Government of South' Australia propose to raise a loan of £147,000 for the formation of nev> r roadr. The mysterious disappearance of Mr Wardiop, M.P. for Richmond, is thus alluded 'to by the "Argus," of the 7th instant :— We publish in another column a telegram received by Messrs Greville and Co., from Quoenscliif, stating that Mr A. B. Wardrop, member of Parliament for Richmond, was, a jmssenger on board the Holene, wJuch .passed through ..the heads yesterday, bound for Callap. . From inquiries instituted last night, we find that Mr Wardrop has been absent froni his' residence for three or four days, and "was supposed to have gone to Ballarat to visit his brother-in-law, Mr Young. That gentleman, however, is now in Melbourne, and states, we understand, that he knows nothing of the whereabouts of the. missing gentleman. Mr Wardrop was secretary of the Second -Richmond BuildingSociety, which held its customary monthly meeting of committee at Mr Wardrop's house last night. >At this meeting a letter from .the secretary was. produced, stating his inability to bo present, but enclosing <i list of payments and arrears, which, .^ao far as could be ascertained without' the production of the books, which were locked up, proved to be correct. In consequence of Mr Wardrop's unexplained absence, Mr Edward Wilson, of Richmond, was .ippbinted secretary pro. tern. Some curious rumors have been afloat for months past respecting. Mr WardropV transactions with the Government in relation to the leasing of premises in Collins street, fermeiiy occupied by Messrs Nordt, Heyde and Co., tobacco merchants, which are about to be transformed into jvn Insolvent Court. We are not aware, however, that these have any connection with Mr Wardrop's sudden disappearance, although we. have been informed that a cheque -from the Treasury passed into Mr Wardrop's possession within ,^he last two or three days. A brutal outrage lias been committedby a very old and comparatively wealthy colonist, at Brunswick. ; The party referred to, John Daly, of Farm-hill, was returning from town, accompanied s by a ffiend'whp was trying to get him home, in a very drunken state, and on Hearing Mr Gray's, the brickmaker, he first assaulted Mrs Gray, by taking hold of her arm. His friend then seized hold of him, ' upon which he drew a pocket-knife and cut Iris friend's hand very severely, who accordingly let go his hold. The children getting frightened at the scuffle fled into the house, and Daly followed, "bursting the door open, but was immediately pounced upon by one of Gray's men, and, while in the act of marching him out, Daly struck out behind him, wounding the poor fellow in the groin in ,such a manner that his bowels immediately began to protrude. Mr-.Talbob and Mr Beaney. were shortly in attendance, and returned the bowels, but had first to perform' a slight operation, which was done while tha patient was under the influence of chloroform. The sufferer seemed considerably easier afterwards, but from his very critical state Mr Wilkinson attended and took his depositions". Fortunately for Daly and everybody else, a second man came in, who made short' work of -him by knocking him down and tjdng his hands until the arrival of the police, who lodged him in the lock-up without further injury being inflicted. The heaviest part of the contract for the new Exhibition Building, Melbourne, is now completed, and the work of decoration has. been, commenced. The first instalment of goods for exhibition has arrived from Tasmania, dud also "forty cases from Rockhampton. •