LATEST. AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1623, 17 October 1873, Page 2

LATEST. AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Anglo-australian press telegraph AGENCY.] UNPUBLISHED IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, Oct. 9. "A cable :: message, "dated 'London^ "fth October, .just! .received, states that the Eastern Telegraph Extension Company is discussing the question ofi telegraph communication between Australia and New Zealand. ■, The project, so-far, is -favorably received, and promises are made in the .cablegram^that .terms.fpr Jaying.a line .be-, tween' Sydney aiid the West Coast of .tlie North Island of" New Zealand, shall be , submitted to ' Colonies interested, i, Horatio is the favorite for the Cup at sixto one. • Lapidist for the Eierby at five to one. . . ; ' " Mr-Belcher has Been elictsd Mayor of Geelong. . . . • Dr Gboldj tlie Roman Catholic Bishop of Melbourne, goes home by the mail, steamer. , ;i; ■■ • •■■■■'■■ ■■•'••' ■■•■••■'•^ , Large/lines of .flour were withdrawn to-day at Ll^t. ' , , .^- By l the : Claud ' Hamilton 'w^ are /in receipt of i;l Australian 1 news to the; 9th. instant, including the follpwingatems :-^r'. !: News from' L^vuk ! a to Sydney" says !that the town ; is, in open: Rebellion, and that communicatiqnL^ith.the^.natives.has been rstopped;;, ( ,;lntense^.excitement prevails, and HI Mis. "Biahche 'remains in port. | A Palmerstqn telegram repbrts r that Mr Henning^ a miner, has De'en^killed-by!. the natives at Burrell Creek, and his , matei badly wounded! They were found by Mr- Johnstony station-master at Yam •Creek. r; The' natives Speared them while tHey were camped.'' Forty-five passengers" hadsailed . 'from 'PaVmeraton by one vessel. The Government to ithie Endeaypnr ; ;l&ye^ disco vered a rich and j extensive diggings. The news has caused a rush there, and the -Queensland: Government have chartered -the. ..steamer. James .Patterson- to, convey an/ipfiicial ; 3taff,j. with stores an l dj horses.. ■^*'. : :, ! _; _.-,',. v . „■• j..^^]"'" ; J M^,Grjßath^ad's remedy .has been used .with-.' advantage, ajt n -ibaylesford. ,■■.> The ' say s , :^- ' • We. . hay e ■ ; heard of (^ case of diptheria. at Daylesford that was curedrbya few drops; of; sulphuric acid in water. An .old. resident, who is suffering ; from chronic ilnforms JDtsj.he has experienced relief from the. use of the mixture. " ; The Medical ßevkto condemns its^ hasty adoption. i i • Advices from the ; Navigators' Islauds contradict 7 the 'rumbred.death of the notorious Captain Hayes^'and. state thatjh'e; had just arrived I*there1 * there witii '.a full cargo' of produced ' ' ' !li ' , ' j ■■'•■ , A hundred mile race against time tOjOk place jbn -the .racecqufse, at Benalla, .and was' easily accomplished by> CharcbalJ a :mare the property of ; Mr William Little, 'carrying Bst. She did the distance" in il% ;hoursj winning by 30 minutes. The stages were two to one against the mare, but the betting on the course was? pretty even. l The Cambridge, from' Oregon, bouhd for Melbourne, has put into Sydney leak-, ing badly. She spoke the whaler California, which reports meeting , 'a small schooner, the Mary Ann,.' which ,y?iis blown off the 5 f coast of New Zealand; last May. Three men were on board, destitute lof food, and . the,/yessel was^Jth-PUt wallerand sails, andiad no > navigator; on board. They .were for nionths. drift jug -abciut, and when- imet by the California ■> the captain supplied them with sails, water, and provisions. When last seen the vessel was standing, to ihe southward. ; ; Theservices of a navigator from the California yere declined^ ■ '■ ■•/,.,;:-^ .;•. >.-:-,u'..'i \j J An extraordinary 'attempt at suicide was made at Sandhurst by a boy, fourteen • years i old, son of a : respectable" photjographer' named Wren, 1 ! of ' Mitchell s'tt edt. The lad has been in the habit ' of playing .truant '^from -school, and'- his -father threatened to beat him. He met the bey at abdutill,. arid took niot home and to.d him to go to bed. Thefatherwent-inio the yard to get a stick -to; beat his soi," and upoii coming back" foUnd that the bay had cut his throat with a carving ; knife, making a wound 2in deep. He^was'faic^n to Simpson's Hotel, and Drj B6ydL v .was called in. : The. 1 : lad " is ', thought to be out; of danger..' , v-i' ;; :i'~.;. ; ; >■-.-' .<^«- > \