ADELAIDE.
April 26. — Forty pounds, being the surplu from the banquet fund for the entertainment to Sir J. Fergusson, have been distributed among the public charities. A man stuck up three women in a vehicle near Clunes. The women courageously resisted, and the man decamped. It is rumored that Westcott, the leader of the Northern territory gold prospecting company, has committed suicide. He formerly resided at Sandhurst. The authority of the Assembly to establish a Californian Service will be acted upon irrespective of the vote of the Council. Wheat receding, top price 5s 3£d; Twenty thousand tons have been exported to date. Arrived: Garibaldi, Italian frigate from Naples, via the Cape. Northumberland from London after a passage of 53 days.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1873, Page 2
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120ADELAIDE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1873, Page 2
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