FURTHER ITEMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1019, 1 November 1871, Page 3

FURTHER ITEMS.

Victoria, Oct. 25. ■ Billy Rutledge, the well-known squatter, fell out of a buggy and fractured his skull. He is not likely to survive. Armstrong has been fined Lloand costs for assaulting Villeuneuve Smith, barrister, in Collins street. A young man has been drowned in the Yarra by a boat accident. The Parliament and Press Criclie Match is occupying attention. Betting is slightly in favor of Parliament. The furore in reference to Bendigo mining stock is subsiding, and Castlemaiue is coining into demand. At the opening of the aquatic season forty boats, four-oared, formed in procession. Flour is selling at Ll2 to Ll2 10s. Sugars have advanced LI to LI 10s per ton. New Zealand wheat realised 5s ; oats, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; extra milling line, five hundred bags, 3s 7d. Tookey'B, closing price L 26 10s. Wool, washed and fleecy, 15£ dto 23id ; greasy, 9id to 14£ d. ■ Arrived —Hero, from Auckland ; Tararua, and Zephyr, from Hokitika. Sailed —Melbourne, for Greymouth; Mary Stewart, for Westport; Emulous, for Dunedin. Sydney, Oct. 25. M'Mahon has been sentenced to death for the Maitland murder. Mr Mort lies in a dangerous condition. The captain of the schooner Heron reports a sea serpent twenty feet long off Manning. A shipment of Oamaru flour was auctioned at L 9 to L 9103. Mary Hawkey was committed for trial for shooting her father. Sales of Tookey's at L 26. Othello, whaler, has aivived with 65 tuns of sperm oil. Arrived—Alice Cameron, from Auckland. Sailed—Maid of Erin, H.M.S. Blanche, City of Adelaide, for Auckland. Newcastle, Oct. 25. Arrived —Velocidade, Free Trader, from Auckland. Adelaide, Oct. 25. Jung has been sentenced to death for the murder of Garraway, bailiff, at Mount Gambier. A man named Holden has been arrested. It is believed that he is implicated in the robbery of Spanns, the jeweller of Melbourne. Wheat firm at 4s 6d, and market closed firm.