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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 704, 23 July 1870, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF THE S.S OMEO AT THE BLUFF. BURNING OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.' ONE 1 HUNDRED AND TWENTY : PERSONS DROWNED. [By Electric Telegraph.] (from our own correspondent.) • • ; ■ • Bluff, July 22: '; The s.s. Omeo, G. Oalder commander, tfrom Melbourne, arrived here at 2 a.mi, to-day. She left on the 16th. Passengers. — For Dunedin : Mrs Jones, Mr Murdoch, Miss M'Lean, Mr Hall, Mi' Calder. For Lyttelton: Mr C. Burke, Mr P. Cunningham, Mr W. Maguire. For Wellington : Miss Gledhill, Mr Henderson, and Miss Tiperman. For Greymouth : Mrs Graham. Thirty-six in the steerage. '..-.■ Cargo List. — For Dunedin, 170 tons ; Lyttelton,, 7o tons ; Wellington, 74 tons. Melbourne,' July 16. . Iv the import market, business is quiet; arid flour unchanged at Lll 5s ; wheat, 4s' lOd to 5s .2|d ; New Zealand wheat, inferior sample, 4s .4d ; oats in demand at 3s 6d to 3s 7d, 400 bags of New Zealand brought 3s 6d, and 300 bags ditto brought 3s ; feeding barley, 3s 2d to 3a 3d ; maize, 4s 5d ; dried fruits in demand ; currants much wanted at 4|d ; malt dull at 7s; cornsacks firm at 11s 6d. John M 'Gee's creditors accepted 10s cash. ' - A large boot sale by auction showed little competition. Wool, little offering ; prices well maintained. New Zealand wheat sold at 4s 6d to 4s 7d on the 15th. Arrived — Gothenburg, , on the, 14th ; Rangitoto, on the 13th. At Warrnambool, the schooner Io on the 12th. The Appropriation Bill passed on the 13th. Parliament was prorogued to-day till the Ist September, but is not expected to meet fcr business till the end of October. The Alfred Graving Dock workings will recommence on Monday. The contractors advertise for 100 masons. Alexander Robertson, accountant, has been committed for trial on a charge of fraudulently obtaining L4OO belonging to a widow named M'Duff. ' Judge Barry refused Wilson's discharge •from the Asylum on M'Kean's application. '•■■••'•••■■ V Mary Tucker, or Holly, the woman who was injured at the "Varieties' fire, has died in .hospital, ' Six sailors belonging to the ship Kirk•wbod were drowned in the bay by a boat capsizing. One body was recovered named Roland Burley. The European Assurance Company has been re-admitted" by Government as a guarantee for Civil Servants. The Government placed L7OOO in the Appropriation Bill as a gratuity to J. M. Grant's family. The proposal met with decided public oppposition. J. M. Grant refused to. accept the proposed compensation. A public subscription has since been inaugurated. Over LIOOO is already subscribed. . Michael O'Grady has been elected for yilliers. Smith, a fisherman, residing at Hotham, has brutally murdered his wife, and been comriiitted for trial. The decision of the Supreme Court sustained Draper's conviction. G. P. Smith, member of the Assembly, has intimated his intention to retire from political life. Snpple's trial comes on next week. Victorian exhibits for the Sydney Exhibition are coming forward slowly. Dopping, formerly assistant, has been appointed Parliamentary librarian. Dr M'Farlane has been ■ appointed Health Officer for Port Phillip. Sydney, July 15. Arrived. — Caroline, from Hokitika, on the 12th. Sailed. — Auckland, for Auckland, on the 13th. Arrived at Newcastle. — Bengal and Adeline Burke, from Dunedin, on the 11th ,• Gazelle and Tell, from Wellington. Mr Sinalley, Government astronomer, is dead. The ship Silver Eagle is engaged to convey the Imperial troops home. Captain Robert Towns is dangerously ill. The Rev. Mr M'lntyre, Presbyterian minister, is dead. J The Queensland Ministry have resigned. A dissolution is granted, and Parliament is prorogued. Edward Bowen, house agent in Bathurst street, Sydney, has committed suicide. An attempt has been made to assassinate Mr Broad, superintendent, near Braidwood. The bullet passed through his hat. . . Mr Eckford, member of the Assembly, has sequestrated his estate. Wool sales firm.' The Mercantile Bank has declared a dividend of 12i per cent. Cordner, professor of music, is dead. Captaitt Parker and a sailor belonging to the ship John Bullock have been drowned near Newcastle. The Challenger's departure is postponed till Sunday. Adelaide, July 15. A Board has been appointed to investigate the alleged irregularities in the Customs department. The captain of the ship Murray reports that on the passage from England he rescued some passengers belonging to the ship Marian Barabino, from Genoa to River Plate. The vessel had burned at sea, and only 30 of the crew and passengers saved ; 120 of the passengers perished. . Reports have reached this city that seven natives have been drowned near Salt Creek, through overwhelmning floods from the Queensland border. Hobart Town, July 13. David Johnston, mining manager at Fingal, has been murdered by Alfred Harrington. The Bank of Tasmania has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Sailed, from Hobart Town. — Velocipede, on the 10th.