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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 194, 15 November 1872, Page 3

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MELBOTJRN"E. Seamen are de nianding' £lO a month for tlie run lionie. An attempt is being made to ■ cover up the defalcations of Scott, the. Manager of the Koroit branch of the National Bank. The Victorian International Exhibition opens on Wednesday. There is to be a grand demonstration. The bushrangers have been committed for trial for" the murder of Watts, at Beechworth. A man named Richard Cooper, living in Lonsdale street, - kicked his wife to death this moruing. Miss Turner preached in the Unitarian Church yesterday to a crowded congregation. The Suez Mail is expected -in Melbourne on the i 8 th. The G-eelong Meat Preserving Company re-opens next week. The companies are buying largely at stock sales. The total number of sovereigns coined to date is 596,000. The sentence upon Spier, the Wbdonga murderer, has been commuted to 10 years imprisonment.' The Hamb'urghers' fraud case is still unsettled. Oppenheimer is expected fromlhe Sound by next mail steamer. The London telegraph is causing great changes in. the character of Melbourne mercantile trade. An extensive fire occurred at Alexandria, this morning. A whole block of buildings, including the Union Bank, was destroyed: The Batik's books were saved. The buildings were partially insured. • ' SYDNEY. The Police Magistrate refused to accept the Fiji depositions in the Nukulau kidnapping case. The proceedings are likely to break down. Buyers and Ifolterman, at Tamharoora, obtained 15,000 ounces of gold from a crushing of 400 tons of stone. Disgraceful squabbles have taken place in the Presbyterian Assembly. The Sydney Banks hold over three millions worth of gold. ADFLA.IDE. There is a large demand for seamen at £9 per month. During the last nine months, 4900 ounces of gold have been raised. A man named .Stanford Miller has committed suicide.