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PER HERO, ; FROM SYDNEY. j Sydney. ; . In consequence ; of , the .breakrdown in; the Califorriian aervice, 1 the Government j has determined tp.carry on .the service in I the meantime themselves]. i " t ..--" : - : ~ Mbibourwe. Lurline and Papapa are reported toi have suffered a good deal onithe voyage. ; Lurline is not to be sent to Sydney,; being reserved for Melbourne events. : Teas;;are moving off steadily-at ad-i vanced rates. . . I A young man named Alex. Cairns attempted to commit suicide by first cutting his throat, and then by drbwning. A Chinaman has been found hanging to a tree in Creswick ranges. Edward Airisley, produce merchant, has been . convicted 'of forgery, and sentenced to three years. There were fifty-one entries for the Melbourne • Cup* s The hprsps , scratche.d r are, Ace of Trumphs, Sir Bedivere, Electricity, Calumny, Here Goes, Prophet, QueenbfGlubsiSeaspray, Misty Mbrn^Sunlight, Zanco,;May^Kirig, Maid of Avehel, Odlaba, May Day, Echo, Burwood, Ex- < Gelaiori Strop, All" 5 Fours/ Conqueror,
Beltran, Stockbridge, Zetland, Persiani colt, Novice, Blink Bonny, Sandhukst. The dividends for the week amounted to over L 18,00 0; business is very dull ; nothing doing. Adelaide. . Mr Ross has telegraphed to Mr Elder from Beltana, to the following effect :— "Obliged to return for want of water. No rain has fallen for a long time. The horses have been several time 3 without water for days together ; great extent of murlga scrub ; immense quantities dead underwood prevented v using camels for trying country for water. Farthest course was latitude, 30.25 ; longitude, ; 131.56. Very few, natives, seen ; on every occasion they were making towards the : sea coast ; are very well ; were unabie* to get within speaking distance. Country traversed high, open, undulating table land, dense miirlga scrub, 'open ihnrlga forest, well grassed. There is a great extent of open undulating country magnificently grassed. ;/
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1882, 18 August 1874, Page 2
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