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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1282, 7 September 1872, Page 2

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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] .....,, ; «^«,.,«,.^ „, ■ -„.~» A]5C!KLANP^Sept...6,^^. The s.p. Alexandra arrived from Sydney -withi the : Australian-Calif ornian mails and 36 passengers. „^..^ „.._, ,»w s Stone richer than* ever has been struck ,in a claim at,']9allend,. •... . „ „ ** $.# Father Garard has been fined £$ assaulting Dr Reid, who endeavored to prevent jura disturbing a' dying.: woman, a supposed proselyte.. -i Mr Brown, a Queensland Government labor •' agent, : died of wounds "'received during an attack on -Forrest Island. ; The Lyster Opera Company .open here on Monday, : and visit ' Ne w' Zealand in rNoyeniberi.; • ■;.•, " ; ? ■ '; ' ' / • The influx of miners from Victoria I coiifinues. \Nundbers r 'are leavih'g^-f or the new diggings; near vTow t nsville, which are reported to be wonderfully rich. Markets quiet' ;' breadsikiffs unchanged. Wheat, dull at 6s to 63 6d. Tjhe r Australian ; Steapi Compsiny intend tendering for the new Galifornian mail contract. Tfi^e Govern'mentlntendjalfowing New Zealand td' ; p'articipate in the , seryice.at a n^p4Qr^ej,ratej;p ; rpba.bly;' byja .branch line from,iF»ji.A /,.•/<'' ";?■. -;ri/t i A Bill to suppress 'gamirig ill HoWses bomes into' operation' in 'October. '" • Maiiritius" advices report sugar quotations" 'high. - r Tbe' ? crop"wiil be a month "late""*' ■■"■"'■=• — -"■^— ••■■ «»• ■K^-» ■ ""'"y Jwasßiaaw : • A company ■Kas'-b i een formed to manufacture starch. ( , . ! Tw6 person's! have/ Jbeen found who|yit^ nesscd the massacre on board the brig Cari. ■■' y '■ ' .vf : .The Clara Hargreaves,from : Jiangoop/ threw overboard 1360, bags rice during j a ;«tprmv,^ 'I^!", ', ' ' "•"..; ..';'_■" "■',,, ' i Captain Sawys Mil has been proved under LIBO,OOO. ' \ : [ /■ J 1 "■"'•' 'MELBOUiINE, Aug.'^i. I , tand in , Collm^ street, opposite >>tlie National Bank, Avas sold at LSTOj'pbr foot. ...... - ' . .. ■ BreadstufFa inactive. New Zealand wheat; 6s lOd ; oats, 3s 6d.< 'l - '■' ' j ■: The National Insurance pompany declared a dividend of 10 per cent. ' . -. • Sales of sheep runs realised 203 6d per head. A run, at Agusta realise^ 16s 9Jper head. ' ' 'ff \ ' ,Large sales .' prime wheat,: 6si; white crystals, ex Farningham, ,froni Mauritius, soldatL4o. " Newcastie, Aug. 31. ; Arrived— Kate Conley, Medea; P.G.%, Eleanor, St. Magnus, Fanny, Southern Gross, S.chiei}alTion ? , Cyrus, Gagelle, DeparturesT-Helena^. for Dunedin, with 800 tons cpal ,;, Briton, for Wellington, with 050 tons coal ; Amherst, for Bluff, with 287 tons ooal. ; " ; Brisbane, Aug. 31. ■ • ;Bowerj teller ''in tho- : Union ' Barik'^'has been found guilty of jembezjzlement, with a strong recommendation-, .to; mercy;, owing to the loose manner in which -tile banking business was conducted. H| was sentenced to six. months' jimprisonmentl ! ' :