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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1456, 3 April 1873, Page 2

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[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] \~ • '•■ ' s Sydney, Ma*chl7i v I Governor Bowen arrived on Monday, and remained till Wednesday ia the guest of the Governor. He- then sailed in the "Victorian Government steamer. ; i, •,' ; Earl Kimberley' telegraphed that '"tie', Govprnpent, intends, mtrpducing a\Bjll~ removing all. obstacles to intercolonial reciprocity, as recommended by the; late Conference. ; < A large and influential meeting of the Chamber of Commerceyeaterdayappointed a deputation to urge the Government to re-open the Calif orniari mail line. The Government is making preliminary' arrangements;; ■ ' . Great efforts are being, made to obtain a reprieve for M^Crow, the murderer; on ' the ground of insanity. ' '" A new fatal disease broke out, in the Gwydie district. A Bill making the Upper House elecHvift , has passed the Assembly. ' ;i ';f ''' ' :^ ; ';. :iJ . } Business dull. Sugars easier. . Melbourne, M^h-27. During the voyage of the" Buckißgblm* shira, Mrs Grieve, wife of a cabin p ]L

senger, was injured in bed. A child of Dr Fairthorne was swept overboard. A prisoner named Law son has been found dead in a cell at Pentridge. The last gold returns from Sandhurst are not up to the average ; dividends amount to L 10,500. A woman named Catherine Thompson has been found dead in her bed at Ballarat. She was a victim of intemperance. Breadstuffs are improving ; candles firm. Sugars sold freely. News from the Mauritius confirms previous advices of the smallness of the stock. Sir Redmond Bariy has been appointed Acting-Chief Justice during the absence of Chief Justice Stawell. The naval forces take part in the Easter volunteer operations. The Government decline to allow Judge Cope to retire from the County Court Bench under the Pension Act. A prospectus is issued of a new banking institution called the Industrial Mercantile Bank of Australia ; capital L 200,000. J A large number of cattle have died suddenly ; death is attributed to a poiBonous plant, called "lobelia pratiodes," which cattle eat. Governor Bowen is to be sworn in on Saturday by the Acting Chief Justice. Richard Nash, who formerly occupied the position of Secretary of Government Railways, has been charged with forgery and uttering. The rowing crews are doing good work. The Sydney men are daily increasing in favor. Stawell embarked at noon. The Volunteers camp at Easter below Brighton. The Somersetshire has sailed for London. Vessels have lately arrived from Mauritius. The crewß have Buffered much from fever.