ADDITIONAL TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1178, 8 May 1872, Page 2

ADDITIONAL TELEGRAMS.

Melbotone, May 2. Coining operations have commenced at the new Mint. .1 : • , "■ The Tambaroora gold field ia attracting many Victorian miners. A boiler explosion has taken place at the. American reef, in Collman Tachi's claim. It killed one man. ■ ' ; Another, explosion at the Catherine Reef United scalded three men severely. , Some proposals were made to send a steamer to look after the missing Magnet, but the vagueness of the information as to the position of the wreck alleged to have been seen/ led to the abandonment of the idea. " rr " i Wilkie has been convicted of the murder of Pensam, at Daylesford, and has been sentenced to death without a hope of mercy, v - Cliff has been found guilty of a rape on a child at Sandhurst, and sentenced to death. .."'..• Lieutenant Woods, being unable to purchase the Pharos steamer on terms, leftforFiji. i ; '■ '■■: '■■ ' ; •■ ! Twenty thoroughbreds have been shipped for Calcutta in the James Service. ; -; The Government are determined to institute an Agricultural Departmeni ; A wild man is ; creating a : sensation in the locality of Ballarat. •-.■; : ;-.'-.V^.- : '.•'. '^ : :SYDifBY,-Mayl. The captain and crew of the wrecked ship ; Queen of the : East have arrived. They saved only ship's papers : and^chronometer. She struck on ; a reef in longitude 159deg. 40inin., latitude 29deg. 30min:; \ : . 'V;. ■;;\; ; -'-; '%'^'^' Paxton's mining claim put on market :atLl6o,ooa . ' r ; ; -' i! Fraser, the bushranger, lately released from senteuce, was shot Jbadly while attempting a burglary. ■■: ■•••-■■'•-::■. The Mudgee Exhibition has been i opened, and was well attended. -Wheat,firmVat6s3dto6s6d. i , ; V ■•■ Adbiaidb, May 1. . The subject of immigration is being discussed, and a public meeting will be held shortly. .;,;- .;.:;.. All shares are advancing, owing to the vast amount,, of money waiting .investment. ; . . v . a A company of BaUarat men are forming •a company to- prospect i Northern Ter■ritory. „■ ...-, r ., ; U .:Y:-':-)^', ■■ t ;. ; v- . 7 ) The Rev. ' Balph Drummond, the oldest Presbyterian minister in the Colony, is idead '. „t.'. ■■■■:.■■■■':. ■/.....•; ;^vn> I J. D. Woods, lather of one of the nuns, obtained committal for trial againstLewu, publisher of the Pwtes^^vomie, %t 1 ibel. ' . ■ : '~ "' '■ ■-■ .' " ■" '" ■■'..