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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1187, 18 May 1872, Page 2

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ARRIVAL OF THE ALHAMBRA. i ■ __^_ ; - ■ ■ [per grevilles telegraph company, rettter's agents.] , The ss Alhambra, from Melbourne direct, : arrived off Hokitika. yesterday morn- : ing, but as it was not certain whether she would, be tendered here in the evening, we secured the following telegrams of Ausr tralian news from Hokitika. :— [ ■' Melbourne, May 11. It is generally believed that the division in Parliament on an amendment upon the reply to the gubernatorial opening speech , will be very close either way, but the i Ministry, if defeated, threaten to ask for J a dissolution, , Mr Gordon, engineer, has arrived, and i taken charge of the Coliban Water Supply ; Works. Wilkie, convicted of murder of Pensom, i at Daylesford, is to be executed on the j 20th. Others condemned to death for various, crimes have had their sentences commuted to terms of penal servitude. Seven Sisters of Mercy have arrived, i and gone to the Geelong Convent. O'Dowd, a priest at Koroit, has denounced the school teachers and the Banner for upholding them. Cook and de Bolereaux, mere lads, who stuck up and robbed a carrier at Benalla, have been apprehended and confessed. ' A batch of convicts have been sent to Portland to build a breakwater. . The Rev. Mr Nimus has retired from the pastorate of the Independent Church. A nugget, 421 b Boz, has been found at Dunolly. ; ' „.-.... ..., Sydney, May 31. Ministerial difficulties continue. Forster is unable to form an administration, and abandoned the task. Parkes has undertaken to form a Ministry. Paxton's Company at Tamboroora is floated with a capital of L 160,000. Foster, a bushranger, was shot while engaged in burglary, and died of his wounds. Markets generally firm j uuchanged prices. Arrived — Joliba, from Canterbury. Sailed — City of Melbourne, for Auckland. Newcastle, May 11. Arrived— Eleanor, from Dunedin. Sailed— Centaur, f or Lyttelton ; P. C. E., and Hercules, for Auckland. Adelaide, May. 13. The Chamber, of Commerce passed a .vote in favor of the Trans-continental Railway Proprietary. The leasingof public lands at quit-rent is under consideration. ;. i .-.■..■■■ Wheat, 6s ; country 1 flour,' Lls j town, Ll7. Markets firm.