ADDITIONAL TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1173, 2 May 1872, Page 2

ADDITIONAL TELEGRAMS.

Melbourne, April 24. A large demonstration took, place on the anniversary of the eight hours' movement. . Mr Coppin is ill and confined to his bed. • The Chinese Christian Church foundation stone has been laid. A new Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to the Saints Peter and Paul, at Emerald Hill, has been formally blessed by Bishop Goold. Clieff, charged with an outrage on a girl named Johnson, has been sentenced to ten years. Bendige has been committed for trial. A man named Corbett, a patient in the Alfred Hospital died from the use of chloroform before an operation, causing paralysis of the heart. Gale, the seroant, made a successful a ' ;ent at Bendigo, and landed six miles off near the Whipstick scrub. Lieutenant Woods, representative of the Fiji Government, has appointed Mr Cowderon as Consul for Fiji for Melbourne. It is said that Lieutenant Woods ■proposes to purchase the. Government steamer Pharos for the Fiji Government. Lanky Jim, a navvy, has been stabbed mortally by William Spire, a cook on the railway works near Beechworth. At the inquest a verdict of wilful murder was found against Spire. „ A Bill, authorising street tramways through Melbourne, will be brought before Parliament during the ensuing session. Sydney, April 23. Gilbert, the cricketer, has been honorably acquitted on the charge, of forgery. Twenty tons of tin ore have been received from the northern mines since the 19th. Tlie reported discovery of gold at Macleay's is contradicted. The whaler Forward arrived, fifteen months' out, with eight tuns of oil. - Adelaide, April 23. A libel action has been commenced against* the Protestant Advocate for alleged libel on the Sisters of St. Joseph. Ferguson, late Captain of the Reedbed's Cavalry, won Hughes' Challenge Cup, value L 250. He made 294 points with 84 rounds ; distances, from 200 to 900 yards. The Baptist Association has framed a. resolution strongly in favor of secular and ompulsory education.