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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1153, 9 April 1872, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF S.S. 0ME0;. ) [PER GREVILLE'S -TELEGRAPH PQMPANY, reuter's agents.] . Bluff, April 8. , The s.s. Qrneo, Captain Calder, arrived at daylight. t She left Melbourne on the 2nd inst. ; has 13 passengers for the Nevada, and ! returns irom Lyttleton to Melbourne via the Bluff. „ ". ■ Passenger List. — For Dunedin : Messrs Chapman, Hodgkinson, Ji' B. Lilly, Nelson, W. Haines, Mr and Mrs Imrie and two children, and 26 in steerage. i Melbourne, April; 2. The Ministry aie to attend a dejeuuer at Clunes on the 4th inst. The volunteer review and sham fight were' generally 'successful, as the weather improved. Some minor accidents happened. : '■ •;■■'• ' '■' ■ '■:'■■'-' ■ ;'' The Intercolonial cricket match, beVictoria' and Wales, was a hollow victory for, Victoria, winning in one innings aiid 26 runs to spare. „■ 5 j A; charge of cruelty to a child from> the Industrial School was preferred against' the Rev. Mr Abraham and wife, and resulted in the 'committal of both for trial. Mr Yogel has left for ' Sydney, on' business, in.referehce to the. establishment of a branch mail between New Zealand, Syd- ( ney, and Brisbane. ' ' A new Temperance" Hall has been opened. ; Whelan, a letter-sorter, has been committed'for trial, charged with stealing the contents of a letter. The evidence is almost conclusive of his guilt.. ; Arrived — Florence. Sailed-Prosperity, for Hokitika! Flour, Ll2 10s to Ll2 16s ; wheat, 6s 6d to. ss 7|d ; other grains unchanged. Tbokey's, offered at L 7 15s ; buyers offer only L7ss ; business nominal. The holidays were a check to business. Arrived.— Hero, from Auckland. . Sydney, April 2;. M W. Lester confesses to participation in the murder of Walker, but denies being accessory to Bridge's death. \ ■ . Information . has been received ;by Government that Nioholls asked a conviot to

join him and purchase^ yacht ,tb commit ■systematic murder,, and .'carry jthe bodies outside the heads. ;;; };i\ ■. has been arrested'forthe'murder of his wife at Cobbera. Wool sales firm. It is reported that the Native Police in Queensland have killed 93 blacks; i t The Nprthumberlartd'experienced heavy weather on the coast ; lost sails and bul-'-warks?" 1 -^" I'^'^"^1 '^'^"^ ■•"" ' * ' "■ " -"«--;--~"y~ At tlieißa^es ike 1 result wards' : ' — Trial Stakes, Kingtonj 1 ;i Ambassado •, 2; Cumberland, 3; Tim Whifflls, '■■ A ; Warrior, 5. j Leger. — Hamlet, 1 ; Javelin, 2. j ■ ■""•■■-'■•' Adelaide, April 4. j Weather fine, holiday keeping general, and little business doing. ' " j