ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1560, 5 August 1873, Page 2

ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PBESS r , TELEGRAPH agency.] '

SYDNEY, !f Jnif 29? ;An old man , named .Muggeridge < has been murdered oh the 'Bathhufst.irbad. The. supposed murderer is v a young man in his employ." : ' r -'" ' ! < >■■■ '■"> r '> .■■■>h;>nH;, A weekly paper, called the Defender, to [support the Volunteers, has r been starled. '' "'.'. ' ' "i"-' r ,' ■" ' '. ' ■' ! ■■•■■■' "''• ■ A shock of earthquake haSj lieen : felt at the Peak station of the, overland tele:graph.' ; ....:,,..,..,..„„ , :ll (1 /,,; r1 . .. ; ../; f:i . '.. „, r >-■ A barn with ;2ooo! bußhelsbf wheat, belonging to Butterfield^ Has' beeh' ! burned by an incendiary. . The Pacific Insurance Companydeclared a dividend of .8 per : cent;j on the business confined'to ' Australian and New Zealand risks. '-•■-- ' -I; :;*? ■■••■ ;..■ .! Melbourne, July 29. The Baroda was delayed ih /coming tip owing '• to a dense : fogi ' %wq /, tugs searched for ; her ;i in the Bay, ufti mately bringing her to the aricnorage" The fog .was (the '.densest' ever known. Businesa was suspended for two hours. . Su^ James $^uUo^ Somersetshire.. ' The ;^ssepbly ;Ms extended the hours of voting from eignt to five. v ; > ./ ..■ : t .-. •Hobart Town,; Jjrtyjg^.Afracas occurred outside the Legislative Council, Kennedy 'threatening Crowther with, personal "violence. r , The Ministry^have 'withdrawn' tlie "'Land Bill to prevent defeat. ■'■■<-••-' ••''»■ . ., : .;, . .Adelaide, July 29. A Darwin telegram states' that the miners say that the Northern Territory is . a great reefing country. Captain Whitconiije, ', of .the .^ b'arjque Zingary, was brutally murdered l in roadstead by five of a set of men' put on board by the police from the gaoi.'.p^rep'ipjatory to sailing; r ;! ; . -i -„ „ ..,-,,', '•;■ The' speech at 1 the opening' of.'Parliament refers to • Me- prosperity of the Colony, and states that it had been telegraphed to the Agent-General to send two shiploads of agricultural people 1 before next harvest.' ' ' ; ■'■ --'^-' " ■•■.'■ •- /■■• : .r;>;.i : Sydney,, July. 129.1 There w a great 'demand for brandies. Bottled beer is slow of sale. ; !; £p iT ■'■'■■ ■'■■ - ■• '■ ■■■' "'' yT :>I J ' ::- --: • ■•! •■.;■ Melbourne/ Julyis29. Salmbri, ; lsslod : fo l6s ; ;MarteU'idark brandy sold at 7s ; 3d>; r Hennessy^s" to arrive at 7s 3d ; maize, .45..4d'.tp .4s.4£cL