INTERCOLONIAL NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 762, 6 December 1870, Page 4

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS

Orders for wheat from England have been received in Adelaide, but the limits gh:?n >rill^ot- allow the South. -Australian •agents Ho* offer more thaw 3a 5d per bushel. A fire occurred at the A.S.N. Co.'s works, Sydney. The pattern shop wai destroyed, and the loss is estimated at about LISOO. A murder, attended with shocking brutality, was committed at Pyalohg, the victim beinxj; a man named William Wiltshire, an old resident in the place. ,-, The floods have destroyed the horseshoe, embankment wliioK. protected the. low-lying portions of Maitland. One young girl has been drowned. A fatal accident happened on the 22nd November, at about one o'clock," at Depraves' bonded stores, corner of Flinders and Russell streets, to a man named .Robert, Perry. ...Perry was with three :«ittier.men-iu a : dray, assisting to fasten the sling 3to some heavy barrels of goods which were being lifted to the" "tipper story, and some of the barrels having been raised successfully another was lifted half way, when, without warning, a part of the lifting tackle gave waj r , and the barrel fell right upon : Perry's head. The barrel with its contents weighed about 3cwt., and the blow killed the man instantaneously, completely smashing his head. ' Whether a. bank ought to pay a postdated cheque before the day it bears d;ite has arrived was .discussed in the Supreme Court on the 22nd 'Nov. in JShickclxffa v. : the JBallarat Banking Company. Plaintiff had given on . 25th June,- a cheque dated; '18 feh July in payment of mining calls. On the 6th July, assuming that the postdated cheque hid not been paid, he gave to another person a cheque for L] ss, but as the other cheque had previously been paid on presentment, there was no funds available to meet that of the 6th July, which was therefore dishonored. Judge Cope, at Ballarat, held that the plaintiff was guilty of negligence in giving a postdated cheque without informing the bank; that it was-no duty of the bank to look at the date ; and he therefore nonsuited the plaintiff, who appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court reserved its decision. TKe Chief Justice' of Perth has committed the editors of the Inquirer to one month's imprisonment for publishing some severe comments upon the Judge's decision :• in a. case in which Mr Parker, a medical practitioner, was concerned. It is stated that the editor of the Gazette has also received a month's imprisonment, and has been fined LIOO for the same offence. The three gentlemen had tendered an apology, but no remission was | made in their punishment. A writ was issued against Mr, Parkeß,,whoj' however^ apologised before it was served. Colonel j Brncp, who was lately Acting Governor of Western Australia, died on the sth of November. A most determined attempt to destroy himself was made on Saturday evening by a man named John Phillips, at his own house on Sydney road, Brunswick. He first endeavoured to strangle himself with a handkerchief,- and would, have) Killed' himself had not the police, who I were sent for by his wife, arrived in time to rescue him. After he had recovered from the effects of his rash actnii, the police took him into custody, and were conveying him to the watch-house, when he took a horse-shoe nail from his pocket and stabbed himself in the windpipe with it, inflicting a wound which fortunately is not dangerons. The weapon was taken from hinyand he was then conveyed to the Hospital, where he was attended to.

lie keeps a small store at Brunswick, and no cause can be assigned for his wish to take his life, excepting that he has been drinking heavily for some litttle time past. : By the arrival of the s.s. Tarar"a at the Bluff on Sunday, we have dates from Melbourne to the 29ch ult. As our \isual telegraphic despatch did not arrive we take the following items of news from yesterday's West Coast limes :— Melbourne, Nov. ;29. The Estimates, with the exception of two postponed votes, have passed the Committee of the Assembly. ; A Bill, legalising marriage with a deceased wife's siater has been read a second •time. - ■ The French iron-clad Beliiquense has arrived here. She wants 300 tons of coals, provisions, and -repairs'; to her machinery, and will probably remain a week. She is not open to the public, the captain saying- that there is too much work to be done. Horr Bandmann disappeared suddenly, writiug to the theatrical manager that he was vmablp to cojitinno his engagement, and had gone to the Murray. Two day 3 afterwards his wife sailed for Sydney, where he joined her there on Sunday. It is understood that the Military Board's report on Captain FitzGerald's " Annihilator " ; is to the effect that it is not sitihible for the Colony. The navvies on tho North-Eastern Railway struck for 7s per day. Police wore sent up to assist in preserving peace. The contractors declined to give the increase .Mskel. , Gharles Matthews is matting an immense hit in " Not Such a Fool as he Looks.". The Agent-General writos that the Cerberus ia nearly ready for sea, and that 430 Government immigrants sailed for ■Victoria per Nineveh. Shareholders of the Australasian Insurance Company, representing two-fifths of the share list, have signed a requisition requesting the directors to wind up the Fire and Marine Branches, or amalgamate with another company. A c 'meeting : . of shareholders :of the National Bank ye&ter day adopted a series of questions to be presented to the directors and manager by deputation today, demanding inspectors, to be submitted to au adjourned meeting. The ''.'Argus suggests the election of an entirely new Board, and the appointment of a committee thoroughly to investigate the Bank's position. Nimblefoot, the winner of the Melbourne Cup, has -been sold by auction for 650 guineas. Sydney, Nov. 28. Thane and Walker, for conspiracy to defraud the Queen, by illicit distillation, have been acquitted, because they had ;bpen previously fined for the same offence. " Henry Kendall,- 'the poet, has been committed for trial for uttering a forged cheque. It is believed that he is insane. The Assembly has adopted a motion for reducing the iipset price of laud. Against "the Government several alterations have been made in their tariff. An increased duty on beer has been agreed to. Lloyd has given notice that he will move a vote of censure on the Government this week. -■• Tho brig Sarah, wrecked at the Clarence , has been floated off. : A flood has occurred at Wentworth, higher than has ever been known. At Bellinger, the floods have done immense damage. A family of three persons were drowned. A mine of rock salt has been discovered near Scone. The seam ia four feet thick, Comvfiodoie Stirling has appealed to the Sydney public for a subscription for the reliefiO? the survivors by the wreck of the Captain. ; It is reported that the Government have ordered from England a supply of the Martini- Henry rifles, and batteries of artillery sufficient to resist an ironclad. Commodore Stirling gives an entertainment on board the Clio prior to departure for Auckland. ... The Navigation Board blame both the Waimea and the Geelong for the late collision. Business is terribly dnl). Quotations are without alteration. Adelaide, Nov. 28. Tho Assembly has passed a five per cent. Loan Bill for LIOO,OOO to meet deficiencies in revenue. Hutton, the Uiuler-Treasurer, during illness, took poison, but recovered. He then cut .hia throat. He was at one time thought to bt dead, but is now recovering. .. A fresh discovery of rich cement has been made at Barossa. A rush ha 3 set in. . 1 Wheat low sr. : A ' sale of 4000 bushels ha 3 been made at 4s 4d. Little doing. I ■ '■ '■) .'. Hobart Towjj, Nov. 28. Two large salmon trout.- have, been caught in the river Plenty. ; H.M.S. Blanche is expected from New Zealand iv January. Launceston, Nov. 28. A destructive fire has occurred nt Prospect Villa.