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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1268, 22 August 1872, Page 2

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LPER NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' Bluff, Aug. 21.; . The Alhambra arrived at the Heads at eleven o'clock last night. She left Melbourne on the 16th/and sails for Dunedin to-nit<ht. ; ■ i .... ■. . -■ • I.: ..:. ,! : , :■. |(> y Melbourne, Aug.^ls. The Assembly refused to ratify the Californian mail contract by 37 to 17. The submarine cable is still unworkable. The breakis at Sandalwood lsland,. . between/Timor^andDarwin. > i . j : ; There are fifty acceptances for the Melbourne Cup. The Land Bill has. been read a second, time. - ' O'Shanassy is re-elebted to the Upper House, i '■„•:.■,/• ■;■:• i.y >..-, ;,.,±i,j >;.;!. The Town Hall organ was inaugurated by charity concerts. The great equity suit, Graham v. Graham,, was. decided in favor of the plaintiff's sons being next of kin. :'■: A- heavy fall o£ onow took place on night of the 9th. The Rev. Duncan Fraser was acquitted by the Presbytery of the charges against him. . .. .__ s ( ..., : ,.. , A man has. been found dead in the Treasury Gardens. His papers show that he was C. W. Haward, of the Band of, Friendship Lodge, Otagd District. ' ; Two ladies ; have passed their matriculation at the University ;: one with credit, ■. Arrived--Aug. 2th, Zephyr, from Hokitika; 13th, from t Timaru. Sailed^-Aug. 13th, .Sarah and Mary, for. Greymouth. . Mauritius news , states that the Bulwark, from London to Auckland, put in badly damaged by heavy weather. '/,;, New Zealand wheat, 7s 5(3. ; -j ««-■ A thousand mats and pockets of Java sugar have been bought as a shipment for Auckland. - . r; SIDNEY, Aug. 15. Parliament is prorogued ; to meet again in October. > v ■: r •>,> arOjCalled for a, monthly iCalifornian service; vessels to be fifteen hundred tons, and the. time thirty; days via Fiji and Honolulu, commencing in Julynext. i, : _ , . :' v The gold yield shows a steady increase.'_ i: ; y (i : ',;. \.^/.;. i ' ; , ; ' • , Dr Lang is elected Moderator of the ■Synod.' l - 1 --^ -•>.■' ■■■■■■■ ■ -,-i •.. ' The Hero has obtained pratique. - Diamonds have been found in the district of Bathurst.,^ The' Regatta Champion Race is altered to- two hundred yards, and the; prize five hundred pounds, and the expenses of each representative to be ; cleared. ' • ;: \r.Measuresare.being taken to have the Colony represented at the London ExhibiSnow has fallen in the southern^ districts. . [ ■■■'" ■■>'• i ; Adelaide, Aug.j 16. The Government has undertaken an exploration of the country for east and< west telegraph lines;,/ -. ; :; : •: -j | .- -. Putwau, a diver, has discovered the wreck of the Grecian, wrecked twenty yearsago., „,..:., f , r , : .-;,...,-,.•, ■ '■ The new : issue j)f the. Bank.of. Adelaide shares sold at 2s 9d'premium. j r ' Snow fell on the night of the 9th instants ■■ - i ::- ■■ ..; .';'•.;;: i ':; \ It is expected that the Glenelg ; railway . will be opened for summer traffic, j . A cottipany is in course of .formation to grow sugar and spice in the Northern Territory. „ ; -: ; | Vi .:, „^HpBARTTpWif, Augl 15. ■\ The Assembly refused : ..to" rescind the no-confidence motion, and the House is to be dissolved. . . ;