INTERCOLONIAL NEWS,

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1275, 30 August 1872, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS,

-"• '• • ' r *"L^£J ' y l ' -- ■ Government MtSfew South Wale» has invited a conference bf>tlelegates from the-other-Australian-oolonies-and-^rom New Zealand.^ ,\Ye (sir^.domot know what replies have' been forwarded by Uie .other colonies, but the Government of Victoria has been \ pb' tiged to declm^tnV invitation because Parliament will be in jsession at (the time referred to, abd ! no Ministers of the Crown could be Bpare'd to atfcßP,d the: .meeting: Amongst the questions proposed tq be gonsidej-ed too oonfei'e.noe aite^the So-RdOTMuueji, suppoHing ,!nol imtisiaQtoi-y «tfrangbme i y tb have been previously,; airlyfe3 ! ai{' !( '.fhb postal service between the Australian colonies aud America ; Lord Kimberley's despatch with : regard ,to intercolonial free trade ; and submarine telegraphic comrcgar^ to postal communicatioh : the Australian cblohieal'aud'^mencii ''« s&xUL Wales, has been instructed to cafi £or tenderS^in'Lbndßn fofiM Beryiqa, **$» W"''*J»* 'sftfiF ..49|'n»l*«» /Cl^unliMi wjlll beittvitpd to' -participate in tmy^air rangement.that maiy be arriyed at, * ; "* In the Melbourne Argm ot. the 32nd August) there appeals' an account of the altnbst incredible. atrocities; perpetrated by the officers and crew of the brig Carl' in the South Scaß, in September last! The fasts were disclosed in the evidence given by Dr. James Patrick Murray, at the Sydney Water Police Court, on the W& 4»lg{|st, jrhpn- M mqstep au4 «& men ol tMe f brig^e^e f^i»ocoeded againilfe for the murder of a number of Pteesians. Dr. Murray, who went from Sandhurst for the purpose of attendinir the investigation, was the owner of

Vessel at the time. He gave a fall account of the proceedings which took place on board, and certainly a more 'brutal and cold-blooded niassacre^i^ould scarcely be imagined. !?he s frtftrvi n whlobr' the , murdered PolynesiaM were,\in ,the first place, entrapped and made prisoners, was in keeping with the subsequent conduct 1 of then: heartless captors.^' Captain JArm■tioa^ and bis orewljave been committed ■ for tnatfor the offences with which they were^charged. ...-,.. A, perjury case whioh promises to de'▼elope as many ramifications as the too mtjch: known Oobb case was opened at the City Court, Melbourne, on the 20th' mat. Adolphus Oppenheim, of the lately 1 dissolved firm of A. Oppenheimer and Co., importers and warehousemen, Little Flinders street, was charged with perjury in swearing a certain affidavit, alleged to contain five distinct false statement*, the most remarkable one being, that his name is Adolphus Oppenheimer, and not Oppenheim, as alleged by the prosecution. The motive assigned -for calling himself Oppenheimer is a curious one, viz., that he wanted to make the public believe that he was Oppenheimer, the absent partner, living in Paris, who legitimately uses the last. syllable, and who famished the capital to start the business with. :The case arises out of disputes connected with the dissolution ' of 'partnership. Evidence on three of the charges was Heard, and the case was adjourned. It was stated that a counter charge of perjury had, been laid against Matthias Hamburger, who acts uuder power of attorney for Oppenheimer in France. . 11 A very remarkable coincidence," says the Ballarat Courier, "in which some perceive the hand of a retributive providence, happened last week to a miner encaged in one of the quartz mines near Buninyong. This man, while suffering under some real or imaginary wrongs from one of his mates, gave expression to hUtoUngs in a torrent of abuse/ and concluding by wishing the drive would fall and smother the object of his fury. The words were scarcely uttered when a lump of earth, which, as described by his mates, was large enough to crush a hone, fell from between the cap-pieces on to the shoulder of the author of the imprecation, crushing him to the ground, neck and heels together. He was quickly extricated from his position, when it was found that no bones were broken. The man had received a Hash wound near the small of the back, which had saturated his clothes and filled his boots with blood.. Although he is able to move about, he is still very weak." - A suicide at sea was committed on board the ship Mac Duff, whioh arrived lately at Melbourne, from London. It appears that about nine o'clock, on the evening of sth^ugastj the steward bf'thft focecabin had occasion. to look into the berth of Frederick Miers, a third cabin passenger, . and found him there with his throat cut, : and also with other parts of his body cut and rhacked with a razor. Life was not extinct, but although every effort was inndg to stop the "hemorrhage, the unfortunate man died about four o'clock on the following morning. Miers was well up in years, and a German by birth. No reason could be assigned for his putting such a , summary end to his existence, an he had neyer.sh.p.in even ineipieut indications of ' insanity. < j A destructive fire occurred at Maribyr- ( nong, hy which Mr George. P. etty .lost the three splendid brood mares, L.ady Heron. Qildermire, and Agitation, with ' their foals From a monetary point of view the loss is a very serious one, as the stock could not be valued at less than L4OQD, while such mares as. Gildermire

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and Lady Heron it is almost impossible. to replace. The latter mare cave prpirike of proving the most successful brood maro in Australia, having already produced, such animals as Beatrice and Argus Scandal. Agitatation.rthedam of Romula, 1 was aho a very valuable of th^ Maribyrnong stud. 'A Very general feel* ing of sympathy is felt for the great loss. Mr Petty has sustained by this fire; Lady Heron had a remarkably fine filly foal by Marquis, the first dropped this season.: Gildermire's foal was a filly, also by Marquis. Agitation had a filly at foot by Angler. ; ; . .^ ! The Newcastle correspondent , of rthoi Melbonrne Argns writes :— " The strike among tho coal-miners has been settled,' and it is worthy of remark as a phenomenon in the history of strikes, that this result was only brought about by the working men taking the matter out of the hands of their delegates. These latter gentry, who numbered about four or five from each colliery, were mighty dictatorial, both towards masters and towards men, and issued their ukases with a peremptoriness worthy of a Czar. Had they been left to their own devices the strike might have continued indefinitely, but a large body of the men rose in rebellion against this fresh tyranny, declared that the masters' offer wa3 reasonable, and insisted on its being put to the ballot. The delegates were forced to give way, and the result was a majority of more than 500 in favor of accepting the terms offered. By two to one also they voted down the proposal that the adoption of the nine-hours system should be forced on the masters. The men, therefore, have shown themselve3 much more reasonable than those who undertook to represent them would have made them appear, and it is a pretty general opinion in Newcastle that the delegates were in some way tampered with. The men are to get the advance of Gd per ton at once, and the price of coal is raised to 9s. Next year the price is to be 103, and thereafter the men are to receive 3d a ton more for every shilling that the price rises, and lose 3d a ton for every shilling that it falls ; but prior to any reduction, and as a safec^iard against its being made unreasonably, the matter is to be considered by an arbitration board, consisting of an equal number of masters and men, with the addition of an umpire."