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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1302, 1 October 1872, Page 2

Tho body of Mr Brockley's son was found in the lagoon yesterday afternoon within a short distance of Mr Brockley's back fence. It is more than probable that an inquest will be held to-day, in order that the circumstances surrounding the accident may be fully explained. ! The Suez mail was due in Melbourne on the 24th ult, and it will moat probably be brought over by the Albion, expected to arrive off Hokitika during last night. The latest dates from London by this mail will be by post to August 9, and by. telegraph to August 30— eleven days later than the dates by the last San Francisco mail. On Saturday last the Greymouth Volunteers fired the seventh competition for the possession of a rifle given by the Company, which has to be won three times by the Fame iadividaal before being finally held. Tae ranges are 200, 400, and 500 yards, and the winner on this occasion was Volunteer H. S. Paul, whose score was 68, including points allowed, the match being a handicap. The next competition will probably take place on Saturday, the 12th inst. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, yesterday, there was only one case, in which Thomas M'Caul was fined S3 and costs for obstructing the footpath by driving a horse and dray across it. To-morrow night, as previously noticed, an amateur theatrical performance will be given at the Volunteer Hall, for the benefit of Miss Lucy Asbton. : An occasional correspondent of the Inangahua,Herald supplies the following report of a case heard in the Warden's Court, at the Lyell :— "ilenry Allen and party.— Application for prospecting, claim on the south side of Buller, about 1£ miles above the junction of Buller and Lyell. Mr Pitt for the applicants. Dalton and party objectors. Evidence was taken as to the peg ging out of the ground as a claim for 2C men ; but the applicants expressed theii readiness to give others the benefit of theii discovery, and would be content to tak« registration for 12 men's ground as an ordinary claim. Registration granted accordingly, Mr Dalton however objecting strongly and desiring that the application should be heard by assessors ! Some one who was sitting on the fire fender declares he heard the Warden say to that application "NY you don't." The Dunedin Echo understands that arrangements have been made on board the mail steamer at Auckland, in order to SO' cure the services of the Rev J. M. Peebles and Dr Dunn for a few weeks in New Zea land, to proclaim the "new and beautifa faith" of Spiritualism. They are on theii way to Victoria to fulfil an engagement, but at the suggestion of a leading Melbourne Spiritualist the Spiritualists will endeavor to. secure them »t Auckland af above stated. Although the prisoner Barton, charger on his own confession with the murder o: Thomas Costello, is again remanicd at Reef' ton for tHe production of further evidence it is very doubtful whether, on the occasioi of his again being brought up, the police wil be prepared with any additional testimony. The Herald says:— "The search partie. 1 organised have been unable to find any tract of the missing man, and although it by nc means follows therefore, that his disappear Mice is not due to violence of any kind, yel the circumstances under which Barton mad( such a sensational statement, together witf that of other persons who, we beliove, ar< perfectly certain that they saw Costello ii Beef ton several days subsequent to Julj 31st, and the fact of no trace of the bod] having been found would lead to the belie! that Costello has of his own accord secretlj left the district. Campbelltown is the name given to the cluster of stores and huts at the continua tion of the Aylmer Lead, which is beginning to assume quite a business-like appearance In the absence of any new fields of attractior in the vicinity, the miners, says the Musi Neica, are sticking steadily to work, anc that "canny chiel" M'lutosh is already making a fair harvest. Messrs Miller Bros, also have a store here, and appear to b< thriving well. The prospects of the rusl are more encouraging every day, and. wt think that for the next few months a fail population will be found located there. Last week a shark, measuring Bft. Gin ir length, was caught in Lyttelton harbor, ofl Officers' Point, oyJ. Gardiner, fisherman. A requisition to the Mayor of Christchurcl is in course of signature, asking him to con' verie a public meeting of the citizens, at ai early date, to consider what steps shall be taken to ensure the immediate construction of the promised railway to the Malvern Hills,. and so open up the coal fields anc supply local wants by local industry. The Auckland correspondent of the Lyt lelton Times says that all well-disposed natives, with whom I have lately conversed, are clearly of opinion that Mr Stafford* scheme for governing the natives will breal down. The scheme is looked upon as being wild and visionary and eminently itnpractic able and dangerous, in whatever light it ii viewed. An aged, but extremely sensible Maori said to me this morning, " ifou meai to undo M 'Lean's good work, and it wil take years to repair the evil that may b< done in a few months." : . The Southern Cross is responsible for the iollowiug, which was briefly reported in oui columus by telegraph a short time ago :-- --" Private information of a most reliable anc highly influentialkind has lately been re ceived by a gentleman in Tauranga, from re lations at home, that bis Royal Highness anc the Princess of Wales intend to travel east ward, visiting the various dependencies oi the Empire in this part of the globe, includ ing Australia and Zealand. If the latter place, it may be almost certain that th« wonrlrous scenery, of the West Coast will not be overlooked." Some .of the Northern papers have an extraordinary, but withal comical way oi giving prominence to their telegraphic intel ligence. The New Zealand Herald, ioi example, recently gave the following headings to its telegrams •—" Lively Times at Keefton. An Omnium Gatherum. The Lock-up Suffers a Surfeit. More Oil. Another Sinner brought to Book. Steam up at Port Chalmers. Great Excitement of Thirty Gentlemen." — The last four sensational "headers^ have, reference to a Dunedin telegram, in which the capture of two whales at Waikouaiti, the committal for trial of E. C. Eyatt for embezzlement, and the trial trips of, the. Port railway locomotives are mentioned. .. • .■:rV..'-V:V,'l' Y<J': \\h-\ /I