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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 681, 31 May 1870, Page 2

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ABRIVAL OF THE s.s. RANGITOTO AT THE BLUFF.

[The following was issued front this offi.es as an Extra on Saturday evening . — ) Bluff, May 28. The s.s. Rangitoto left Hobson'sßay at 3.30 p.m. on the 23rd May, and passed the Heads at 7 p.m. the same day ; passed Swan Island at 4.30 p.m. next day, and experienced light S. W. by W. winds and fine weather ; passed the Solandars at 5.15 a.m. on the 28th, and arrived in . Bluff harbor at 11.10 a.m. on the 28th. Passenger List.— ForDunedin — Saloon : Mr Richmond, Mr and Mrs Cundell. For 1 Wellington— Mr R. Shod, and 25 in the > steerage. Cargo List. — -Dnnedin, 63 tona ; Lyttelton, 47 tons ; Wellington. 51 tons. Melbourne, May 23. The sum of LSOOO has been collected in Victoria for the widow of Mr Walshe, [ who was murdered by Supple. : . The Duke of Edinburgh is to arrive in the Colony in October. Trade is steady, but prices are generally flat, and an uneasy feeling prevails. Breadstuffs unchanged, and little doing. The Victorian Sugar Company has rei duced the price L 2 per ton all round. ; Sugars are. dull; stocks heavy; but reduced prices unlikely. Teas moderate ; in request. Kerosene firm, at 2s 10|d. 1 Mr Aitken, of Warrnambool, is insolvent ; liabilities, L 16,000 ; assets, > Lll,ooo. ; In the Assembly the financial debate terminated on Thursday. Several vote 3 were passed without opposition. The Government has accepted Messrs ■ Leggat, Noonan, and O'Grady's tender, i amounting to L 305,000, for the formation , of the entire railway works on the NorthEasternline. 1 . Walshe's murder caused general con- ' sternation. The inquest was held on •' Thursday, and' adjourned to Monday. Supple maintains a cool, calm, demeanour, and regrets that Smith was not killed. An influential committee has been ap--1 pointed to collect subscriptions for Walshe's widow. , Thomas H. Jones, late of Wellington, has been arrested on a charge of bigamy. The complainant is Amelia B. J. Crosbie, of Wellington. Joshua Firmer has resigned the secretaryship of the Polynesia Company. Councillors Reid and Butters proceed to the Fijis shortly as special commissioners to settle the American claims. Arrived. — Tarawa, on the 21st ; Kate Conley, from Greymouth. Sailed.-^-Prosperity, for Hokitika. The Avoca Sailed yesterday. Among her passengers were Mr Badcock, Bank of New South Wales ; Van Anstel-Lessig-nol, French Consul at Bombay. Challenger is refitting at Sydney, and afterwards sails for Wellington. Ah Pew was hung this morning at Castlemaine. The New Zealand postal communication commissioners, have arrived. James Morre, storekeeper Talbot, has been charged with criminalily assaulting a female servant. Alexander Watt, ex gunner of the Harry Smith Hulk, has committed sui cide by hanging. James Cook, ironmonger, Armstrong street, Ballarat, shot Mrs Moss, a tinsmiths wife dead, and then blew his own brains out on Saturday last, at nine o'clock in the morning. Sydney, May 23. The Balmain Regatta Committee intend offering a hundred pounds prize for a four-oared gig race, open to all the colonies. Honolulu sugars, ex Wonga Wonga, fetched— Yellow, L 36 10a to L 37 ss; rations, L 27 103 to L 29. Recent boisterous weather has caused several disasters among coasting vessels. Heavy rains are still falling. Mr Campbell, registrar of the insolvent court, is dead. The death sentence of Wakefield, at Bathurst, for murdering Shepherd, has been commuted to life imprisonment. The Highland Brigade, lately formed, paraded in full dress for the first time on Saturday, when the annual commemoration of the University took place. A thousand spectators, and Earl Belraore, were present. The agitation for favoring the Permissivo Bill is increasing. Arrived— Constance, from Adelaide. A man named Sedgelly has been convicted of manslaughter. The Government declined M'Kinlay's offer to execute the flying survey for the telegraph line through the Northern territory. Wheat, 5s 4d ; fleur, Ll2.