ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1139, 22 March 1872, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

Melbourne, March 14. Honeyman, a mining speculator at Baliarat, _hasl ievantedjl leaving 'heavy liabilities. It is said that he has gone to New Zealand. , , t .-■-." Hancock, sentenced to death for rape upon his daughter at Baliarat, has had his sentence commuted to fourteen years' imprisonment, for the first three in irons. At the races for the Australian Cup, Saladin and Flying Dutchman ran two dead heats. In the final run off, Saladin won by half a- neck. ' . . , [ The principal, Robinson, and his two seconds, engaged in the late fatal fight at Sandhurst, in which Robert Taylor was killed, have been committed for trial for manslaughter. * _ ' The dismasted ship. Calcutta, from London, has been towed into harboir. , ' Donahue, solicitor, pulled the nose of George Paton Smith, , barrisi^r, in the r precincts of the Court. The Judge imprisoned Donahue some hours rfor contempt. '" The Omnibus Company propose to lay street tramways in the City. The scheme; will probably be opposed. : Another action has been entered against Dr Blair by Miss Clampelt for indecent assault some years since. : ' Feeny has been committed for 'trial at a coroner's inquest for the murder of Marks in Fitzroy Gardens. The evidence disclosed, by inference, the grossest immorality. Tho Victorian Government have de-. cided on lighting the South channel in Port Phillip Harbor. Queensland, March 13. The steamers Timonee and Governor Blackall havo been manned by volunteers, and from Sydney men from H. M.S. Basilisk, and the schooner Peri are. out in search of ; the. missing men, who left the wreck of the Maria, off the New Guinea expedition on a raft. *"•" i • ! Sydney, March 13. Conn has been committed for trial for the murder of a woman near Windeyer. Accrbyd, sheriff's clerk, has been committed for the embezzlement of public moneys. • ■ ; Rain is much wanted. The Botany Reservoir contains only one month's supply. , .. ... ■ Adelaide, March " 13. Bash fires are very prevalent; , The plague of locusts is destructive. : Judge G vvynne is seriously ill. The body of Hayes, schoolmaster, has been found in the River Torrens. Murder is suspected. ; The mail is considered favorable to the commercial interests of the colony. ; A cargo of Madagascar Bugar arrived and sold at full rates. ' IiAtJNOBSTON, March 13. Harris's stores at VVestbury have been burned. Damages estimated at L7OOO.