THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1104, 10 February 1872, Page 2

THE Grey River Argus. PUBLISHED DAILY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1872.

It will be seen, by advertisement in another colun i, that, at the request of a number; of the inhabitants, the Mayor has called a meeting, to be held this afternoon in the Volunteer Hall, for the purpose of considering the present state of the protective works, and the steps which it is desirable to take .'or their renewal and repair. The telegraphic summary of the intelligence by tho San Francisco mail was received yesterday. The delay in the arrival of the mJH, it will be seen, was due to no accident or interrnption to the ocean mail service, but to weather of extraordinary severity experienced in the month of December along the line of the Atlantic and Pacific Railway. The news transmitted by telegraph ia evidently derived from American sources of information, and, we venture to think, is in many particulars unreliable. , It has been decided to request the Premier to visit Ahaura and the Grey Valley Gold Fields, and preparations are being mode to give him a suitable reception should he accept the imitation, It is hopsd the Superintendent of Nelson may accompany Mr Fox on his visit, in which case his Honor may depend on meeting with a recep-. tjon worthy in every respect of his Executive, himself, and of Mb Honor's administration generally. The "Heathen Chinee" has fallen among the Philistines at No Town. A number of the recently arrived "first cousins to the moon," visited No Town on Tuesday j but they were driven away at the point of the sluice fork.' As soon as the Chinese made their appearance, a mob collected, and among other acts of violence stoned the unfortunate celestials. They were camped to the number of about twelve or thirteen, on Wednesday evening, just below the Twelve-Mile Landing, and if they did not shift their quarters before the flood came down on Thursday night, there. . .is much reason for fear as to their safety. . -..-.. tf- The movement in favor of the Permissive Bill is gaining strength daily in the Australian colonies. On the Bth of last month the second reading of this bill was carried,, in the New South Wales Parliament, by a majority of 26 to 10. The whole of the members of the Ministry appear to have voted in favor of it. We gather that there have been 70 petitions presented in favor of the measure, containing 26,600 signatures, being the largest number of signatures that had ever been' presented in tbat colony praying for any legislative enactment. A. serious accident occurred to a miner named William Th^nr?, .a member of the I CinnntMari W»t«r 'tfXZZ^ST^srpyT^ryyermTtg: "Crettr,- o\i "Thuraa'ay, Bth inst. He was working at the junction of two tail-races leading from the Company's claim, and, without any warning, the sides of one of thine caved in and buried him. A large root or stump of a tree fell [across his head and inflicted an ugly wound, but the extent ot his other injuries cannot be ascertained. He was extricated without delay, and brought by a number of men from Noble's and Napoleon, to Ahaura, on Friday morning. FortUy nately there woie two boats detained by the flood at the < Ahaura, and a good opportunity was afforded of forwarding the sufferer to Greymouth for surgical treatment, where he arrived last night, A miner named David Touchen was killed by a landslip at Duffer Creek on the night of Wednesday, 7th inst. The accident was discovered by a man named Benjamin Southworth, , who jwent to the place where the deceased used to reside early on Thursday morning. Touchen's hut stood on a ledge overhanging one of the upper tributaries of Duffer Creek. He lived by himself, some distance from any other camp, and he was heard playing a flute in his hut late on Wednesday night. - Some time during the night, which was very stormy, a poi aon of the range above the houso slipped down, and carried the hut of the deceased away with it into the creek below. He was found lying calmly pn his stretcher, with the roof of the hut laying on his dead body, and he appeared to have been killed in his sleep, for there was no expression of pain or suffering on the features. An inquest, was to be neld at Ahaura on the remains on Friday. Hie deceased was an Englishman, 28 years of age. His parents Mve at Moreaki, Welhigton, at which place he resided for a long time himself. ■ , .