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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 984, 21 September 1871, Page 2

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[per grevillb's telegraph company, reuter's agents.] Bluff, Sept. 20; The s.s. Gothenburg left Hobson's Bay at 3.40 p.m. on the 14th, and arrived; at the Bluff at 6 a.m. yesterday. Passengers — For Dunedin : Rev F. Roseby, Mrs Roseby, Miss Showorthy, Mrs Catamore and infant, Mr and Mrs. Wade, Mr Moore, Mr and Mrs Ellis, three children, and two servants ; Mrs Booth, Mrs Woodward ; Mrs, Miss, and Mr R.. Browning ; Mr, Mrs, and Miss Short.; Sir William Stawell ; Messrs Bergoff and Grave. Melbourne, Sept. 14. A serious ascident by collision has occurred on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway. Several' pers'ons'were" injured, but none seriously. Maurice Devereaux, alias Sleghman, lately arrived from New Zealand,: has been arrested for uttering spurious cheques. , The prospectus of the Waiokaraka Quartz-mining Company has been issued. Supples sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life. iThe Intercolonial Postal Conference sits to-morrow. The representatives from Adelaide, Sydney, and Tasmania, have arrived. The Post Office Amendment Act has been passed. The only change is the re-, duct ion of postage on newspapers to one halfpenny. More witnesses in : "the* Tichboiirne baronetcy case are turning up. ' An inquiry is proceeding relative to charges against Mr Young, manager of the National Bank. ' The Ministerial trip in the Nelson and Cerberus down Hobson's Bay will take place to-morrow week. « > • Sydney, September 13. Much annoyance is felt at the long detention of the Nevada's mails' in Auckland. Mr Vogel's announcement that Mr Webb intended .to. visit Austral ; a by- the next . steamer^of his .line is ; not believed here, as the Californian papers report his departure for New York. .1 ! The report preseuted at the annual meeting of the Shipowners' Association was deemed satisfactoiy. ' Adelaide, September 13. : Wheat and flour are dull, the market showing a strong downward tendency. Parcels sold at 4s 9d ; for export.