LATEST INTERCOLINIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 690, 21 June 1870, Page 2

LATEST INTERCOLINIAL NEWS.

(From the A^gus, June 1 W Jtpbff 6} ; , ■■'. ■'■ l lintili\sixoJj i ]■<■',<■ •-*'■• Three more cases of highway robbery under arms are reported in "Victoria. > It is definitely decided that the Austrar lian cable shall start from Madras, instead of from .Galle. , .» w ,■ The largest nugget ever' found at the .Berlin diggings was brought tq Inglewood i to-day. It weighed 941 b. The schooner Lizzie Ooleson is missing. She sailed from Richmond River /three weeks ago, and has not since been heard of. < . : :■■■;■ ■■- ■■.: : * The schooner Panic, wrecked at Graftori Heads, was insured in the Victorian Insurance Company for LBSO, one-half of which is re-insured- f ; Mr Taylor, the well-known publican, of Deniliquinj has been committed for trial on a charge of -fraudulent insolvency; He has been admitted to bail. The Walgett police, with the escort and two prisoners, in trying to cross the Namoy River, were carried down with the floods. One prisoner was drowned. ' The wife of Mr Goyder, the SurveydrGeneral of South Australia, died in London through accidentally taking an overdose of opium. _ ■"."." ■■'•'; . ;! , ,° A telegram from Queensland .says' the r Magnum Bohum Company, Ctnniac|ia,ii.f^ Flat, obtained for the week 130oz j and for the fortnight, 2j980z. -, ; ■• >/ At the Ballarat Hunt meeting on Saturday, Mr, Opton, the brewer, met w#h f an accident by a fall from his norse and broke his leg. ■• The Barossa diggings, Sotfth Australia, are looking well, and the .operations there are being extended, but there is scarcely sufficient water available for s washing-, U P« .'.■■■■' ' ' !.v ; .. . : !- ; 5 The revelations made with reference to the condition and financial state of Mr/F/ C. Oswald, manager of the, Portland branch of the Bank of Victoria, have taken the people by surprise. . . / The Ballarat Courier reports that a child: fifteen months .old, named Mary Heally, was accidentally pushed into a water-hole on Monday, by:a;c&lf which' wanted to drink. Mr Leopold Rawack, who some years ago was a merchant in a large way in Sydney, has been charged with obtaining goods under false pretences. The case was remanded for further evidence. ,■■.., \ Mr Clifton, of the firm, of Wood and' Clifton, sodawater and cordial manufacturers, of Bolton street, Sydney, died suddenly on the 30th ult. It is supposed that he has been poisoned. The three men recently convicted at Adelaide of instigating a riot during th,e ' ' unemployed " agitation, were brought up to-day, . and sentenced to . tvfelye months' imprisonment each with hard labor. ' ' His Honor Sir Richard Davies Hanson has resumed his duties as Chief Justice of South Australia. : Mr R, J, Stoijre, on.behalf the bar, congratulated him on his return to the bench, and the dignity which had been conferred upon him. The inhabitants of Uralla have pre= sentcd Constable Walker with a purse of 50 sovereigns, in acknowledgment of his gallant conduct during his recent encounter with Thunderbolt, when the latter was* shot dead. From the annual report of the chief inspector of. sheep in Queensland, it appears that the flocks in that colony have decreased by a quarter of a million in one year. For 1870 the total number is. 8,594,105. -j ..,., , - A difficulty has arisen in. Tasmania between the Western railway ; directors and the Government. Commissioner respecting station buildings, which : will cause further. delay in the opening of the line. ; The ! cold weather in Melbourne has; sog increased the number of applicants for! relief from: the poor-box at the CitylCourt^ that its contents have become quite exhausted, and the presiding magistrate is now sometimes ■ compelled to refuse' relief to many deserving cases. Good news ha* been received from the

ExcelpS &<&£», tfine-mile Springs, Tasmaniaj 4|id i|fte very rich specimens have hem broamt to town. Some excellent Tftmwtm& beou obtained from the ri|ini 'I T^l^jirjiri | iii| ii The Back Creek Cpmpanp^Jt over 470z from 160 loads of stuff. The late Swanston street publican, John fiaUaghan, rnninn^fi, ,fam. jj^^ , Thursday ToTieven days, on a charge, of fraudulent insolvency* >&d adniittw to bail, was re-arrested on Saturday by JPeteettwJfeißtot w ■ wmiuiitj ClBg|iO|rrr Mm with threatening the litoaf'%the .. ; At Jrae^de^hon Captain-.^^» Idte succeeded in forming a Ministryl - !fte following is' th6 list which has fotfri' iutr \ mitted to his Excellency ;-— Chief Secret . * »tkry ;*The hon William ' Milne. Treasure?" and Premier r'lThehon John Hart At-torney-General: Mrß.. C; Baker.'* CVinnyissioner of Crown Lands : The hon Arthur Blyth. Comniissibner of Public 'Works :. Mr John Cair.;* With the exception of Messrs Baker and Carr, 1 all 'the other gentlemen Imye, held office before^, and ii is coiisiderJed^Y^ strong MfeSm" ; The ,Bx>yal Mail steamer Geelong. on, her present voyage, has altogether eclipsed her previous performances, And has accom^, plished the lure 'feat ["at delivering her' mails four clear /days in advance jof her ,' contract time. She left Galle pn the l7th ult., and experienced light and moderate i breezes, ,- with , fine weash«r> i until her arrival at King George's Sound, oathe 31st mlt. From,; the, Spund- to Hobson V* .Bay strong westerly winds prevailed' oAj[ I the day prior , to' reaching the-Sound the I Geelong spoke the company's steamer Avoca; bound 'to 'G<iU^ 4tfd eichang^' news with her. Theipassenger list of the Geelong is a,full one, and ampngst^thoEe /or Melbourne are Mr Ifceginaldßrlglit(of Messrs Bright Brothers "and Co.), Mr J. Walter (nephew of the proprietor /of The) jTimes), and Mr C. Webb, ithe celebrated - ipianist. - ..-_... »'.._:._ l A case in which a child wa^ ffispfesbn^ol/j by its mother in a .rather remarkable manner transpired at 1 Oeelon^yesterday. her confinement, tOjteansfeKheronspring, for a consideration,' 'to am Fairbrother, who had no children, .andwh^r wished to adopt one. A male child was born, which "Mrs-Fajrbrother took care off giving Tout^i that the infant was her own, and that sblj ?had just been confined,' ; )Ttto child did" 'not thrive, and three weeks after its birth it|died. In the meantime, it is said, the reabmother =of ; tije^cj»ild ha^.dißceprejrec^ ; that her boy was hen:' to a considerable property, and on discovering, thft the :child was dead she brought an accusation of I neglect against the^preteifde4pafenl|. i .The result was that & coroner's inquest.? was held on the body piine^. child yesterday. The inquiry lasted 'several hoars, and it was sl^own that.the chpd had died from not BaVibig receivßli propel i\oupßhment. „ <r „ n y .*■ « .< ' A fatality seems to hate attended the - Melbourne and Hobspri'a^BaV TOiteA Bailway Comfpanylatefy. Aaadents,'botH of a serious and of a slight have' occurred.: A short timeagb aJinaiinSimed*' Benson Kehle, while workings a* a crane jn the yards, was crushed by the faUinj? hi a. tank from a crane, through thW'weaK? ? ' ness of the chain ; and a day or two after* . wards another man,, Hamejiv^cvine Smith, while swinging a crane,' had his fingers jammed between the, arm of the crane and* a pile of goods beside it. This' latter acci^ 4 dent will in all probability end jfa^alfyj >as tetanus has set in, and it is only a question of time how king the 'poor fellow will lire. Both men are"-married, and have families. On Saturday an 'accident occur* red on tjhe line, near .Richmond, . .buifor--, tunately unattended with any resiiltW yond the.^delay of trafijc. . TH* accident , was evidently the result of tHe action bra pointsman in letting go the switch handle before the train had fully passed, ' thereby throwing the last carriage off the rails. On the same day the train which leavek , : St Kilda at 12.15 was delayed at the Butti through , the ■displacement of a valve. The guard \>f the train, however," sent off. a boy in a } cab immediately for; l another engufe, ' ana a delay of twe«St minutes was the only result, A little boy, about the siae of Comma, dore Kutfc, but not so well made,' wift. a large head, small, deeply-set, red-ringed jeyea,'small;flat ndse,«prbtruding:jaw, afadf vicious expression of countenance, who*--wasmuch given- io smoking i aud t cMewi%, and " drank like a man," was presented to tMMagiistratas at the Ci^ 'ObnftLSf&k.-* terday. He was accompanied by a girl about twice his sizei* of an" eagaging -cut of features, with, bright- black eyes r dark hair, and a well-bred demeanor", « wfib^ seemed very fond of tne ugly lmte^boy/j l)he lad's growth was shunted, .and he was fourteen years^ld," while .the girL though, , only seven years.old, wa^ a^ut^j^ 'S»H : lize. A benevolent haif-ca§te negro Tiad found ttiemiwandering about th^'itreW* without protection; their mbtbrer belngjh l^ the hospital andthe^ir latter I " ■'iite&wfc'l§!!ffi TM boy, however, stated that his fatKe^'*WM* : not dead, r b.ut w^kjbag.at Mr Ghufcqck^^ yard, though ,his half-sister> father' had/ died some time ago. , It was, stated tha^* the boy had run away from the Industrial .School, but this h% denied^; and. froßiiJMjjd Bam WaldQOQ^, who had probably wished, to make a jockey of- him; /<-Bw>: little -5 dwarf could ride, th.c wildest and most unmanageable horse, probably because, like the flies, he was too light to ¥c shaken^ off, and he would doubtless make. an* invaluable jockey if he'could be 'depfenaed ; - i; upon as not open<to bribery^ While in Court he maintained a stolid demeanor, but when a pencil-case made, in imitation of gold was Banded 'across the 'Cburtj'.h^i Httle ferret eyes brightened up and fu^ J tively followed shining article frpnji r| place to place. He was so wild that he 1 would stay in no one place, and preferred. r loafing about Little Bourke stree^ living ; on garbage,, tobacco, and djrjnkj tQ.the be?t regular fare. The girl was lively and intelligent, >and appeared of an affectionate disposition— a good specimen for a philanthropic person: tq Adopt luad bxjnjp n» a.tjf J ' home. The Bench, having no alternative^ f sent the boy to the Industrial School for four years, and the gitl 4or ,B«f en yean, and the two left the Court, the girl crying bitterly ai having to leaver the nacro, who had been 'kind to them, and at' the prospect of not seeing her moiier again, while |he ]boy, merely blinked his red eyej; frpoir j ftnder his abnormally, developed forehead,! I and told the girl that she needn't be^a.,.; fool, as next day was Saturday^ and afwr • that came Sunday, when she would bo c taken to see her mother. \s. • > ' „.'..*. '. r% ,-u, ; ■■',■, ' ', ' . , L ■'„'' I ,S-n! ■> (Ftfr Continuation, of 2to, j&Jßifctsi^