ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1167, 25 April 1872, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

'"•' Melbourne, April 18.

.Whelan, a lettar sorter in the, General Post Officej has been convicted ; ofsteaiing letters and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. .. ;,., .. , .The prosecution for- alleged conspiracies and fraud in the case of Bedford, v. Hewitt, in the pedestrian mj^teh, falls through, as Ledger>., the informant has left the colony. : 'Scptt was apprehended in ..Sydney on suspicion of being implicated in the Egerto'n bank robbery two 'y ears since. ; A murderous attack was made on a young girl named.' : Christina Farkens, in her father's house, by Osterchamp, a rejected suitor. ; It is .questiphable/if she will survive. Several 'other's Were injured before the ruffian w.as secured. . • : A horrible outrage and robbery- has 1 taken place on a Miss Rule, seventy years of age, at Foptscray.- :A 'man is in custody: ! Captain Wigneyi of the ship Auglesey, has died suddenly. : , : r . Government intend to construct a breakwater at Portland. • Oenner represents the .Government in the Upper House. - Gunnyohg, a miner, was thrown but of a public house drunk, and injured on the head and found' dead. Two men have been committed .; for, , trial for ; manslaughter. : ',- ■ I ''< .f:' 1 ■• '■ -■ ■ ' j .• Sydney, April 17. The past quarter's ,re venue shows an. increase of L 36,000,. chiefly on the;lanas and railway departments. ''■- ; A respectably-dressed man 'slipped off . the, Circular Quay and, was drownecL. The body is not recovered. . '' A hundred and tliirty gold mining companies have been formed during the last: quarter. . . - ' ■ ;'. A valuable deposit of tin has been dis--covered within a few miles of Sydney. Adelaide, April 18. The Treasurer submitted his estimates, shewing a deficit of ninety-four, thousand pounds, and 'which he proposes to meet by issuing exchequer bills. . The proposal is generally, unpopular. The Government promise tpmtroduce a permissive bill. ' Mr. Trollope is visiting the copper mines. T : Tlie.ne,w landjoill proposes that all agricultural land should be sold at a price of not less than one pound per acre, the payment to extend over six years, at ten per cent, with a further extension for fourJ years with a further per-centage-substi-tuted. Residence by employees' to -be allowed. ,/'.'.,'.' r []„,.'..