LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS,

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1247, 29 July 1872, Page 4

LATEST INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Many of the men engaged - in the Northern Territory are remaining to try gold digging. A nagget weighing 1360z was discovered on Scott's section, Mount Pleasant, South Australia, within half a mile of the German Reef. A smaller one weighing 83oz and lOOoz of small gold wore also obtained. By the ship J. M. Joshua, which has arrived from London, Mr E. E. Moore, of Ballarat, returns to the Colony with a panorama of " Paris in Flames," and a ■ troupe of gymnasts and vocalists,- known : as the '•'* Magnet Variety Troupe." It is reported, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, that "no less than 70---murdershave been committed in the course of a 'labor' cruiso among the islands of the South Pacific. It is said that the practice pursued was to induce the natives - Qf the- different islands visited, to go on board the vessel under various pretexts, and then to drive them down the hatchways by forco of arms." * • : a correspondent of the Oipps Land Times, residing at the Omeo, writes as follows respecting the Tichborne claimant : — "I beg. to state that there is a man . residing here, by trade a splitter, who lived with Arthur Orton or De Castro, on the Boisdale run, for 18 months, and who states that he knew him previous to that. From reliable information, I am convinced that he did live or Boisdale Station during the time that the claimant or alleged claimant actually lived there." A cprreapondent has sent to the Ballarat Courier a copy of the following letter received- 'from o ; friend in Philadelphia: — "Philadelphia, 22nd April, 1872.— Y0u must, know that our city has been visited with a pestilence the like of which has never been known in the annafe of Philadelphia. I speak of the small-pox, which has appeared amongst us in its most malignant form, carrying off thousands, , and disfiguring others for life. It attacks its victim with intense fever, somewhat - in the order of the spotted fever; the •mind wanders and reason is not restored Until a reaction takes place,' of the fever is broken, and which baffles the skill of our physicians to effect or break ; consequently the patient, if of a weak or nervous temperament, very seldom recovers." The exhibition which it is intended to hold in Melbourne in November next, differs from previous expositions in several important particulars. The series of exhibitions which are now being held annually at South Kensington are sectional, and not general. Fine' arts, scientific inventions, and new discoveries are admissible every year, but the manufactures are limited to certain classes. Thus, in 1873, the exhibits will include silk and velvet, steel manufactures and cutlery, carriages not connected with rail or tramway, agricultural products, drysaltery, "'grocery; and preparations of food, wines, spirits, beer, and other drinks, and tobacco, implements for drinking and use of tobacco ; cookery and its science, arid the machinery and the raw material for tho group. The preliminary exhibition, which it is intended to hold in Melbourne, will include all these various divisions, as well as leather, wool, woods, ores, building stone, coal, mineralogical and geological specimens, natural history, and miKceHr.rern*. / -«-« l BVn.rccdved from Mr 'j.... .- . . n':n » t - A > he has no offia'al knowlcJ.,o jm» to tbe 3' ate of the submarine cable, but that he has learned indirectly that faint signals have been got through, showing that the cable lias not been severed, but that some heavy fault :k causing a great leakage, The damage is

thought to be near Banjoewangi. The Investigator, the company's repairing steamer, was at Batavia, and had proceeded to effect repairs to the cable. Mr Todd hopes that next week communication will be re-established. A coal-mining company is about to be formed at Sandhurst, or at least the attempt will be made. The locality of the mine to be worked is in the Western Port district, and the discoverer has spent a considerable amount of money and time in prospecting. The following are the results : — Close to the surface a seam 22in thick was discovered ; at 137 ft deep another of 18in was bored through ; and one 32in at a depth of 20Cft from the surface. Dr M'Crea has returned to Melbourne from Sandhurst, where he had found the small-pox patients progressing satisfactorily., Some excitement was caused in Sandhurst during the day by the fact becoming known that a girl had been to fhe Small-pox Hospital, into wb : ch she obtained admission by some means, and had received from a nurse some clothes to wash. The girl took the clothes to a house in Short-street, where there was another girl on Wednesday, but the circumstance of her having visited the hospital became known, and the two girls were kept in quarantine at the house all night. The clothes were burned, and the girls having been vaccinated were sent about their business, there being nothing the matter with them. The nurse will probably be called to account for her share in the affair. During the past month mining operations have been begun on the Queensland Tin Fields, in several instances on a large scale ; and Stanthorpo and the surrouding district are rapidly rising into importance, the excitement caused by the disco veiy of tin in Queensland being similar to the excitement caused by the first discoveries of gold in Victoria. The richness of the copper mines of the Colony is being eveiy day placed beyond a doubt ; and these offer experienced miners an almost unlimited field for employment at very high wages. The Indus, which arrived in Moreton Bay a few days ago with 500 immigrants on board, brought a number of , Cornish miners, who were taken direct from from the ship to the mines ; and their report of the wealth of the district will, doubtless, induce some of their old mates to follow their example. Gold mining holds its own ; but .tin and copper occupy the attention of the public far more than the reports of quartz-crushing at Gympie or the Etheridge.