MISCELLANEOUS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 171, 16 February 1867, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Romance — The Avoca. Mail vouches for the authenticity of this little Australian romance -.—Many years since a young lady, the daughter of an- Austrian nobleman, left the home of- her parents in consequence of. a disagreement with her father. Yeava- elapsed without 'the bereaved parent' finding any clue to her wheretibonts, notwithstanding his utmost researches, and as he advanced in years the desire, of- onco more clivspirig to 1 -his arms his only offspring;gi ! ew strongly upon him, and he- determined upon- using, every effort to discover the iost one: On the assumption of the Earl of Derby of the reins of Government (with whom he was intimately acquainted),; he besought that nobleman to discover tlve whereabouts of his daughter, to whiclr his lordship nobly responded by communicating with the different goveiwnentß of. the Australian colonies to- some' o£ which it was deemed jri'obablb the young lady, had gone. His Excellency Sir Henry Manners Sutton, Governor of Victoria, was- amongst others requested , to interest himself in the matter, whereupon- his. Excellency immediately communicated' with, the .wardens . of tlie various gold fields. The result was that My'Warderi-T— — _, of A— -„-'on being applied to, recollected tha*' Mr C — - — , late clerk of the local court of petty sessions, had a servant answering in every way. the- description furnished of the lost one. After due enquiry, the warden's surmises proved to be correct, ami the truant was found, It appeared further that the youngrtlady had only lately been mai'ried to a well'to do merchant (also' an Austrian) residing in Ararat, who now , states his intention- to return to his own country, and exchange the toils and cares of business for a position far more exalted than his wildest dreams had ever anticipated. The new rush in tlie Tuapeka district appears to be turuingont well. The Tuapeka Pres-i^iys :— " On Saturday last, a: very handsome nugget weighing seven- ounces sixteen pennyweights was exhibited in : Law-, rence, having been obtained for the Odd ' Fellows' Gully,, by which mime the 'new rush near Treewe/jk's station has been- designated. This lump of gold is yery solid and compact, with hardly any trace of earth or stone upon it. The shape is slightly oval" and fiat, and was obtained by Messrs Henderson, White, and Felix. It is now in the possession of Mr ' Potts, and, we hear, it is to be disposed of by rafiic . 0 ther coarse gold was found in close proximity to the nugget, and the -proprietors of the claim have great hopes of realising a handsome thing out of the fjroiind. The aceouuts from this rush coiitimve good, several new claims having been opened out, in almost every instance yielding good returns." ■■- ■ . ■•■■ ■■-■•■-■ ' '■■ . ' : -'• "■■•