AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1333, 6 November 1872, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

.Alfred Morris, late manager of the Lothair Extended Gold-mining Company, dime's, lias been committed for trial, on the charge of embezzling between L2OO and L3OO belonging to {the company. The well-known steamship Great Britain, punctual to announcement, cleared out at the Customs, Melbourne, on the 22nd ult., for Liverpool, with a large cargo of wool, tallow, barky &c;, and a number of passengers. ... A gold watch and silver medal have been presented by the commercial travellers, to Mr Galbraith, Inspector of Pubtichouses in South Australia, for the invprovements effected in the houses since he took office. At a large and orderly meeting, held at Port Darwin, a resolution was passed refusing the Government offer of 43,^6(1. per day, without rations. A deputation of about 100 diggers waited upon the Government resident, stating that they could raise LSOO in ■ money and provisions ; and asking the Government to pay the balance of about L2OO to charter the Bengal, already fitted for the voyage, to Melbourne. Dr Peele, of Corowa, has been tried at the Albury Circuit for the manslaughter of Daniel Pitcairn Hendry. The deceased was suffering from incipient delirium tremens, and the defendant prescribed for him as a sedative a preparation of morphia of more than ordinary strength. He took several doses of the medicine in larger quantities and : at much briefer intervals than the directions, ordered, and , death was the result. The case for the proser cution was that the medicine was of greater strength than ought to have been prescribed, and that proper care had not been taken in the administration of so powerful a drug. No witnesses were called for Dr Peele, and it does not appear from the report what was the nature of the defence set up, but, recollecting the evidence given by the defendant at the coroner's inquest, it may be presumed that it was argued on his behalf that if thft patient had followed the written instructions of his medical adviser he would' not have sustained any injury. The jury, after four hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of "Not Guilty," and Dr Peele was discharged. .