INDIA AND THE EAST.
; -.-..• Gaile, Sept. 6. Mr J. Moffatt, passenger for Melbourne, died on board last night, from' an attack of remittent fever, and was buried at Galle this afternoon. . , r The Avoca met with rough weather on the run up. One sailor, after wounding another, jumped overboard and was lost; . -_j: -:- . f ,- ; ■--■--:: ■.: -..-■ ..:
The Panmben Canal has been inspected, with a favorable result.
The weekly mail to Galle is .in full operation.^ The new Measageries Maratimes steamers are magnificent. . The drainage of the northern divisions of Calcutta is proposed at a cost of L30,00p. . . ■■;-.... , \j. M. Farrow is appointed GovernorGeneral of Pondicherry. A mutiny broke out among the Pondicherry sepoys during the absence of the commandant, but it was at once suppressed. The King of Siain visits India at the end cf the year. — ^ The King of Burmab is increasing-his navy. - -
War is threatened among the Abyssinian tribes. : : -
Farther news is received about Dr. Livingstone > and supplies of provisions have been sent.
The ravages of cholera and famine in Persia are mitigated.
A special message received at Galle, from Hong Kong, on 3rd September, states :— " A typhoon occurred here ye* terday, causing considerable damage to shipping." ~
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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 999, 9 October 1871, Page 2
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