ERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 196, 16 April 1867, Page 3

ERCOLONIAL NEWS.

?O we have Melbourne \ r 'M * nst '> fr Qm we \ items of news : — i X^gwTmurmers of discontent at the * ; iiHiir c F o3^ Conference have come jfflßpsllbourne,_ and this discontent is its expression both within and the Avails of Parliament. So far gather, the complaints appear be that the contribution is excessive, the fortnightly mail to Suez is not as a part of the proposed scheme, Port Phillip is not the terminus of line, and that the Cape route has not provided for. A memorial against proposals of the Conference is to be to the Government. It is also denary announced from Sydney that, Victoria break faith with the other colonies on this matter of tha terminus of mail steamers, New South Wales will withdraw altogether from the proposed arrangement, and take up the Torres Strait route in conjunction with Queensland. The Argus of thp 16th has, however the following : — " We are informed that, although not specified in the memoH|* randa of the proceeding of the Postal Hi Conference, an arrangement was arrived I ( at to the effect that as soon as the graving I dock at Williamstown is completed MclH bourne should be the final port of arrival B i and departure for the Suez line of H steamers, We also learn that if Mr ■ Parkes declines to acknowledge this in ■ writing, the Victorian Government will I not hold itself responsible for the observ- ■' nnco of the arrangement .arrived at." I Thomas Corly, ledger- keepor, for I , Messrs Bell, Banks, and Co., has been I, arrested for embezzling money from his I employers. I In the County Court at Melbourne, in I' Mumford v. M'Meckan .and another, the I, plaintiff sued to recover the value of a I pianoforte, shipped from New Zealand to I Melbourne p.n hoard one of the defendI ant's steamers. The instrument, from immersion in the water, had been so much damaged that it was stated it was worth J , only a few shillings. The judge gave a |" tvei-dict for the plaintiff, damages L6O ; 1 Kind application was then made to have I restored to plaintiff's wife the silver plate j\ Im the instrument, upon which was enl&Anived the presentation of the pianoforte I Jr l^ ss 'Tulici Watthews (now Mrs MumEM Id). . Defendant's counsel objected, and II W » .i«c\s:e declined td make any order. on M m subject. '• !F nc following appears in the Sonih AusM> 'mUan Rcr/ider of the 30th nit :— " We |f/jL^Have had handed to us for publication the II following letter respecting the Barrier I ■ Ranges. The writer is employed at the 1 I Bur-ra Smelting Works, and was formerly ■ 1 in the employ of a respectable Adelaide H I tradesman, who .assures iis that the asserm Itions contained in the letter may be relied ■ lon i— ' Burra Copper Works, Kooringa, ■ |MaTc.li 27, 1867, Dear Cousin— We have ■ »£ >e3U liews °f the gold fields at the Barrier I : ■flanges. It seems Campbell, the police- , I \ Rrooper who was sent up by the Govern--1 I l nent >. d"* no * S° within eighty miles of I I^l Ihe diggings. A man near Kooringa had *w^^ e ** sr ' by the same mail that brought 1 Campbell, from his brother, telling ■Hpim he was getting L2O per week at the ■■Riggings, ancl ne was *° c suro'to go up \ 'MKirectly, and • not take any notice of reulnptrts going about. Ho accordingly started ! illmTou last Monday, A man named Waters lur * : wjis down at Kooringa this morning, and W purchased, provisions, &c,, at Drew's, ' 4 isjiylhg he was going to the diggings i' directly ho got back lionie. Mr Drew ihr^ptys the report may be perfectly relied on, '•' he is .well acquainted . with oil .the'pavaes.' The following is an extract of a fetter from Mr J. Creasy, of Armagh, fear Clare, dated 23rd instant, which was leceivcd by a gentleman yesterday :— /Many are leaving here for the Barrier • ißanges gold fielclt and I am of opinion «oine of them are doing well ; but .as it is | Ilifiicult to find out the right spot, many i Avill be disappointed. Two men came wrom -.there last week,' and after making a ■■lumber of purchases in the stores, reJBnriied/" ' |w The Age, referring to' the. .effect of the |B)ro|ective tariff in causing a demand for I "*^«ljj&tfv>' sa y s : — " * s a ac * i ia * * v a^ l^' I ipgtibns there are more openings for I - afili'e'd workmen and workwomen than I there people to fill the vacancies. The I demand for trained operatives is already I in ■'excess of the supply. Turning to the I ;idv.erssjLng columns of a metropolitan I tlaUy^ournal, we find, upon one day this I week,'iixty-six advertisements addressed I to and|by tradesmen. Four of these are I from seeking work, and sixty-two I fromfemployers needing workmen. The I four advertisers out of employment arc a P r.-ardenor§a cordial maker, a carpenter and \.. I {bufcti^nole maker. The operatives I wantedj'iffe for an immense varieties of I oniployinents, but chiefly for tailors, I tailoressesf^shirtmakers, straw-sewers, and ■ liotftmalcerfi "In some cases as many as ■ fifty! fmpl^ees are sought for in a single ■ ;-,dv:effcisem<ent, -md in others the demand I is fcif&n !'i:3j|efinite number." I Sc^me Q^namen working an alluvial H v nMsnig : tpim in Spring Gully, CastleH inaiiie^got%pm one machine nearly 360z. H ( ,i gold; 'E%y purchased the claim about ( ifdrf.i:i|iant|l|ago from Europeans for L7O, ,!rd since it |n they have obtained over ilooo''wortM)f gold. The jhinmlhl Express of the 28th ult. „, :— " Qj^thursday night last the ','jjiet litt||^wn of M'lntyre was very iloarly th^ypne of a fatal tragedy. In 'ac dea||OTf|hc night Miss , dressed t mei ?l^liig| nes ' an<^ wearing a mask, jc()iiip*qiiOTpVliss — , another juvenile, i an a^^P' l3llslu ' an g er ' They visited here, demanding their hueyaHHßponio places the disguise was Jtect«B^»laug]ied at ; but on arriving I thgaMPp-of Mr , whose family Id lsj|Bl«lred to '<hd, they rapped at Je d|^H^%atening*to break it in. On Ir th-o door, "his money ■ n^allßf§P J d eman d 6 d. the person in m iflnHpibg ont to "Jem" to come ■ lyßf^HifJus eyes for a coward. Mr B^ll^Hf^ d° 01 ') returning to his room and would have fired at the ■ '^■kJl^Khe saw the undisguised Miss j ■ occurred to him it was a lark. ■ 7';^Bh9v^ us a * once decamped, visiting I: , ■H^9p ousc ) where they were chased I <>„''^^H»logs, the owner following them ' f ;-'^,^^^Hpoaded gun, but not getting near ' : >!,,M^^Mfa have a shot. The first person . .7,"j^^^Hup" says that had he not fortu/''■''/(./j^^^Becognised one of them, he w.ould have shot the wearer of the •V : % convinced — from the dignise, |L^/^^^^K> and coarse expressions of the he was c^nftpiitiug a real