INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 404, 15 August 1868, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

in the ftst of insolvencies to-day appears the* name, of S. Benjamin^ Queen street. This, is the end (for the time being, at leas,t) of a. story of wrong-doing which has for some days been current in the city. It appears $iat some short time ago the att^ritipfl of person^ in Melbourne wa3 called to the fact #iat apparently new goods, bearing the. names '6i Melbourne, manufacturers and merchants, were being: ; sold at in~in Sydney and Adelaide] under circumstances ' which seemed to indicate that " alfwag not right, It by and by was discovered that the person wh.« has now filed his schedule., had obtained goods from various houses in town to the; value of about ,£4jso0 x within the last few week,sj on, various pretences^-some-times as a buyer for some country firm,, and sometimes for cash on delivery, the cash, however, not being forthcoming; [ though the goods, were, taken possession of. These goods, it now appears, were, then hurried off to, other markets, and disposed of at auction, and it is stated that one of the persons engaged j who was entrusted to proceed to Sydney and sell some of these, gopdsjt sold his friend and principal iustead, by leyantiug tor wards Panama by- the laa,t mail s,teamer^ carrying with him a \arge aam of m^ney. To the abrupt departure of that friend the inspivent now attributes his, niis-. fortune, but his creditors, we hear, are* disposqd t° ta & e a, somewhat different, view of the case. -* Argus, 2sjbh ujt.. The St. Kilda Artillery are intent on. getting a good name. The corps hav^ decided to form a. regular Whitwo^th-gan, battery, and Captain F. T. Sargood has, accordingly ordered from home four more^ three-pounder Whitworth guns.* of the, same pattern as those presented to. the, corps some time since by himself and his father. The cost of the additional guns, will be borne by the men tfeenjselves. Each of these weapons is to be of thej latest design, a&d to, cpss ajbout £15Q. With reference to the Qympie gold fields^ ths Mount Alexander Mail mentions that Mr Baiggi, of Guildford pa Monday^ showed th§m a, letter, sent fo Mjpßonatyi^ of Guildford, from a friend who i$ now at, Cape River, Queensland, a^d his account, of that gold field is by no means encouraging. He states that at the Gympie. diggings there are about 2000 miners, "but. fever is so fearfully prevalent that manyare leaving to escape the plague, which, carries, oft" numbers daily^ Provisions, are v dear, except meat ; sugar Is, salt iJlj tea 4s per pound, and other articles in* proportion, and sometimes there, is a stojK ping of supplies. The quantity of gold. getting, speaking generally, is small x although the writer thinks there is more* to be got if. the rigor of the climate could be overcome. The travelling is tedious, owing to the sandy nature of the soil r The population was in a go-and-come con-, dition, and the writer purposes leaving as soon as possible. The BaUarat Sta? adds :— The returns from Gympie are more numerous than the departures, forthat charmed locality. People are cvii dently beginning to realise the fact th%s, all that has been reported concerning the, field may not be strictly in accordance, with the facts.