ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1217, 22 June 1872, Page 2

ADDITIONAL MESSAGE.

/ Melbourne, June 16. ': The Governor has been seriously unwell but isrecovering. ■ A proposition has been made to organ- • ise a company and form an establiahm@nf foranjqdi^ Station, ,but^ has not met with much favor.- • i Six prisoners, including Captain Moon- 1 light, or Scott, the Egerton bank robber,;^ escaped from the Ballarat gaol. Two have? been re-captured. ; In the action by G. P. Smith, barrister, against the Dqily Tetegrtyaib, thejiny dig- "■ agreed, and a new trial will take plaoe nextsession. .;; ;; ; Mint operations have commenced with 195,000 worth of gold; ■ • / \ \ Ex-constable Murphy attempted "fo 3 murder Inspector Ximines. '■'■. •V;v \/- A destructive fire has taken place at Malmsbury. A commission has been appointed on foot and mouth disease. ; ,; . - Diptheria and scarlatina are prevalent^ and there are many deaths of children, A reward of LSO each is offered fortifef Ballarat gaol breakers. HoBARr Town, June 14. John Davies, proprietor of the Mercury, died suddenly of serous apoplexy. He was long associated with the press of the colonies. " ■■'■ "■' " iV> ' ' '" ■ • ■ ■■"■ " "" -^ •" *•? . = ■:>'£ Syi)NE.y, Juriel^. The Telegram Copyright Bill has tteen. read a first time. '" v .p : ;;* | News from Fiji shows political party * disturbances. Thursdon, Premier, pro- x poses to remodel the constitution. "''' .'■"'• Clancky, photographer, a passenger in the Clarence, lost his road after leaving < bhe wreck, and was subsequently foundlead. . A letter received states that a portion )f the crew and % Polynesian laborer* f wrecked in the Mary Campbell reached i fanna safely. ' The new Governor is sight-seeing. J ' The. returns for the- past four - months how the yield of gold to be 75 per cent." aore than last year. ./ The second reading of the ' Divorce Bill j being discussed. ; w. ■> The steamer Pelican ran down a boat . i the harbor, and one man waa drowned.' "" ADBiiXxn^, June 14, A -Bill has passed for the prevention of to importation from Victoria of cattle nd sheep while -the foot and mouth isease exists. ; -v i It is intended to. legislate for the. mendmentof the DistiUa^on,^.^on<^ itution Acts. '■'".„ ;V V; C J Copper mining speculations have ire*

ceived an impetus from the rise in the market. • An earthquake bas taken place neat Adelaide. A .Requiem Mass was celebrated in memory of the late Bishop Shiel. The subject of the establishment of a University is being discussed. A twenty-ounce nugget has been discovered at Mount Pleasant.