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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 716, 20 August 1870, Page 2

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4^RIVAL OF THE S.S. CLAUD •I ? 5- H^AMIMON. *-..; ,£&- / Bluff, August 19. - THe s.s. Claud Hamilton, Captain Uuder>ood, arrived from Melbourne, at 7 km. 'on^i9||iijh^ fiay at 6 fbm. on ffie" ISth^Msed Fort Phillip Heads lit 9 a.m., Cape 'Schanfek at .1(1 #. m xl and .Sjwan Island-At^K^ : j^tn. tiext day. Experienced fi^v weather during the passage; ; itta4e<the 8, W. Cape at 8 ;30,a.'m. on the 18t% and arrived at th/BlnWaii ; at)oveV y '■'■•? --^ '■■ ■ pASBENOERLisT.--ForPdnedm: Messrs Pringle, Adams, Jago, Gribble, Haggett, Mrs Haggett,Mr and Mrs Wright and family, Miss Ross, Miss Forreajk, , Miss Robertson, and 60 in the, steerage. . For Lyttelton: Mr ReeceV and sjx steerage, and 16 passengers for other por>. . .'. '■ Melbocbkhb, AngasfrC Heavy gales, with rain. ' ... •v ' ' A crippled vessel arrived, after cruising imany days outside. ; She proved to-lie the Rene, from GEarenfo.' "" ■•^•v ? '^^ A fall of snowhas taken .^pJacQ at^Ballarat and Woocfa Point, % t The wea^^r h' '"'' v cold. ■•' - . "'■":-■.'. ',':?... ..„,-. An extensively planned forgeiry of five jpbuniT notes, of the Bani of IS^riSSrt^lC" WaleSj Albary hriricH, ' has heen $& covered at Benalla. Two men named. Smith and Dante hare been arrested, and •- the printing plant seized. Smith had passed six notes. Dante had been re? leased from Pentridge, after serving 12 years for forgery. . . . t , Four men have be'en'capsii&gd mil^wi^ 3 in Lake Cooper. Threfr w^^clrpwn« ; y and one saved. ! ; - ! ?Jl . James Webb, an old has expired suddenly, _, ; ;? r :?i y^ ;o>;f^cjJ ß3 x The -Town Hall was opened by a grand concert. Over f our thonsand persons were pre*sefl,t. , r The A cantata, ?f.Enteipe, M and r other colonial productions,* hy- M&tdey^^t comprised irot: part. "of the, p*pjncam^^ >A^ and were greatly eulogised. . -. -^ ?* <; t . AngnstlO. Hugh Glass is dangerously ill. ; : }f£' Fifty*six horses hayei accepted' fottie^ Melbourne Cup. Manuka ia hecommga great favorite. '"''[] " u ~- Great floods are reported; from T worth, and the town is threatened. A£> * ■ r ;,, ..v-^l^Angnßtll,; Frederick Cope has been committed for trial f or 'embezzling Government nidiie>. v . The Government has jmspended, with it view to dismissing, Mr Christophersomp Vchief engineer of the Malmsbury reser?»S:| ■■% add' two assistants, ShakfespeMes ana Woods. : ■■■;■' ■-■;;:v- ;::'(?• j.;i:j fi'-'iW Frederick Brown, pleaded ,- guilty of. forgery at! Geelong, ?I^llf&m. ' ? '. T one of Burnett's convertsV ? "' "'-*" ' itf :«; A grand .fancy baH'was ing ; three thousand persons were present ~. . in the . -Town HalL It was .»'gorgfeoWF/. l affair. The citizens intend giving- a xethrh ' ..Van. ■ : ".'.:. ;';' r '.v!';.;v! ":^ .. ' " Angnsil2. -< r Phillip Barry, a reporter, forty, well-known by the press generally; jm y committed suicide. 1^- V ,' Angnstl3. yV 1 The weather, with occasional sunshine^:/ * generally continued wetj during the week; f " and fears are entertained for thecrojpq. „ „ Flour and' wheat continue firm in consetquence, but are ridt' materially idviWfe^f;^, » : Flour is selling from 11l2 jfo fa^ Lll^ij^'l. •wheat, 5a 7d to 6s. Sugars are nqt ao^firm, owing to the. Mauritius advices re* V?. , porting large exports thencel % , . . j .' .. , ' The concluding Town Hall' featiViiet/'^ take j place to-night, in a grand concert, during which five hundred performers wUI . give the '? Stabat Mater* - and bther . selectionp. Tbe musical profession yester-l- . day tried to get HorsleyV cantata re- .'s'. peated, but the Mayor replied that it was too late to interfere with the arrange-/. . ments. ...._. :.. .:;;;;;> , ; '- ; f. - : Wl'iV S'M ' The steamer Macedon has just arrived t under canvas from Liverpool. r The Royal Mail steamship Malta' ls dff!> Cape Schanck, and sails to-morrow. Sydney, August 13. ; r The Government have had a narrow escape, Mr Martin's' amendment on the t \ address being lost by only two votes. The.' £ • speech promises the abolition of the advalorem duties, and loans tor publio, .4 works. i . v ' The Protectionists held a large meeting, and resolved to petition Parliament" ' against free trade. r : ' - v>-<-;! .- .- ' - \_ . .„■ . Vi BjwsßAsrß, August 13^ :< iV< .d*. 1 M'Alister, leader of the Opposition, ■ ' ' has heen re-elected. ■' zi>; y ' ut ""' ' ; - lja Adblaidb, August 13. Mr Bagot, late Chief Secretary, has died suddenly. His funeral was largely attended. v :/ 'i Tom Thumb's Troupe ire drawing" large j | houses. ,' j . ;";. •■:;,"•;;:: .-. .u.M'li'iLL ' """•'-,-. Forest, the explorer, has arrived from / Perth, overland, having passed 'through ! '" much good grass country, but , with no permanent water, except one spot, where Eyre had fonnd Hr ; ',. " ' 4 JReturns show the total sales of limd to f be four million acres, and average price .. twenty-five shillings per a^re." "7 • - • v , \. : ..... r TASMA^ jr^iiguatliji; : v ,/:.i; The military embark on the 17th. The Governor has made, an official inspection, and , address^L_them. - He hoped ib» a * departure of the red coats wbuW 'not loosen the ties to the mother <^ntty. r