AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1559, 4 August 1873, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Melbourne, July 26. Mr Parkes offers all the colonies to carry letters to New York via California at a. letter fate only, without subsidy . ; Mr Francis declines .the offer until the negotiations with New Zealand are completed. Tasmania accepts. Queensland accepts and will reciprocate via Torres Straits. ■ .-.■;,■' A negro named Wallace, for rape on a respectable married womany has been sen-t tenced to death. There are almost daily cases : of infanticide. • '■":'■' ''v '■■' -'■ ■■':•■■■'■'■■'■' ;•;•:■•■■? v Mrs Shannon,, the. murderess^, is re: covering. -.-;,,.;: | Smart and Phillips, the; .trustees who robbed a testator's children, ' have each been sentenced to three years, i-i j Two thousand' pounds^ have been subscribed for the families of the men lost by : the accident to the Rip. . • The head resident doctor of the Hospital has been compelled to resign for being out after hours. Another doctor h^s been dismissed. . .. • A collision with the jumpers at Stawell is probable. > ; Bates, a theatrical star, arrived from California. , \ A motion for enfranchising the police has been lost. ! - Rea, Sandhurst, for rape on two little girls, has been sentenced to three years. ; 1 Sydney, July 26. i The wheelers at Newcastle give notice of their intention to strike. .■..-.•;, ■ ' . The Wallsend Coal Company declare a dividend of ten per. cent. . . ; i The scarcity of coal inconveniences steamers. .. Adelaide, July 26. •Experts of breadstuffs for the week 1600 tons. i 7 ■ A coal-seam eighteen r inches -wide -has been struck at Coorqngi ; - .. i ! Wheat, 5s 9d. ' / , :;•