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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1357, 4 December 1872, Page 2

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THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE PASSENGERS SAVED. PICKED UP AT SEA, AND LANDED . AT SYDNEY. [NEW ZEALAND PKESS ASSOCIATION,] ; Bltjff, Dec. 3. Melbourne, Nov. 28. The correspondence relative to holding a postal conference in Tasmania has been published. The Government are awaiting a reply from New Zealand. Mr Turnbull, member of the Council, has died, after a long illness. \- The South Australian Parliament is despatching business, in order to permit the Governor to depart for England. The Tasmanian Tribune -gives ' as a rumor that Sir James. Fergusson is about to marry Miss Davies, of Hobart Town. The Customs revenue, from the comI raencement of the year to last week, shows an increase of L 23,000 on the corresponding period of last year. . The Mary Cumining, .schooner, has been wrecked at Cape Patten. The crew were saved. The John Knox, from Lyttelton, picked up three men and four women in an open boat, sixteen hours away froni the. wreck of the City of Newcastle, and brought them to Sydney. . ■ ■ • : The Clio has arrived at Sydney. . Parkes made a satisfactory financial statement. There is a surplus of LB7jooo. He expects a much larger surplus at- the end of next year. ■ The barque Danercost, coal laden for Adelaide, has been wrecked between Eden and Calio. All hands were saved. Business in the Victorian Parliament is drawing to a close. The Council has passed the Education Bill with only slight amendments not affecting its fundamental principles. Fellows]| positively declines a Judge* vtofc ...:■'. . ... .. • .;■■ ..=»:■•. •■;..> "' ; . ■

Tho overland telegraph line has been i interrupted near Charlotte Waters. No London messages have been received since Sunday night. Nearly 9C 3 messages passed over the London and Adelaide line last month, the value of which was overL9oO, of which Victoria contributed one-half. Sir Fnfticis Murphy is a candidate for the Easter-n Province, vice Turnbull deceased. The South Australian Government propose a bonus of L7OOO to the telegraph expedition ; Todd receives LIOOO, Patterson LSOO, and others in proportion. Intensely hot weather is experienced in all the colonies.