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♦ - - (From files per Claud Hamilton.) Melbotjeke, Sept. 28. On dit (according to the Geelong Advertiser) that a marriage in Victorian high life will take place on the Oth October, wben a daughter of Mr Andrew Chirnsi.le will be the bride, and Mr Cahvrt the happy man It is also stated thnt hy her uncle, Mr Thomas Chirnside, of TYerribee Park, the bride will be endowed to the extent of £40,000, independent of the dowry to be given by her father. The manu r acture of bone-dust Vias greatly increased since meat-preserving operations commenced, and as the Victorian farmers have not yet got into the way of using artificial fertilisers, efforts are being made to create an export trade to London. The bone-dust is compressed into , bricks by hydraulic power, and shipped in i this form without further packing. They ' are deodorised with earbolite of lime, and ' being very portable, the expense of freight is reduced to a minimum. Tbe woman Mary O'Donoghue, under sentence of death for killing another woman in a house of bad fame in Little Bourke street, has been respited, and the sentence commuted to twenty-one years' imprisonment. The prisoner "Weechurch, who made a murderous assault on the governor of the Pentridge penal establishment, is to be imprisoned for life, the first three years in irons. The debate on the Education Bill in the Assembly is still proceeding. The hostility of the Roman Catholic clergy continues unabated, but it is believed that the Bill will pass. A tin lode has been struck at Dry Forest Creek, near the Ovens. A piece of pure tin, weighing half an ounce, and other pieces somewhat smaller, are said to have been taken from the lode. The Legislative Council in Victoria have amended the Mining on Private Property Bill in favor of the landowners, and a " constitutional crisis" is anticipated in consequence. The Government contemplate the introduction of a measure for the reform of the Upper House, with a view to bringing the two branches of the Legislature into more harmonious working. The majority of the crops in the Ballarat district do not yet look so well as could be wished, with the exception of a few well-situated farms. The crops in the Maryborough district are reported to be looking capital. The same can be said of those around Castlemaine, the wheat-planfc looking strong and healthy. The new sugar-beet factory, Staughton Vale, has been proceeding with work steadily and satisfactorily for several, weeks past, and there is at the present time every appearance of success. It will not, however, be until next season's crop of beet has been worked up that the commercial value of the undertaking will be thoroughly tested. Excellent samples of the sugar lately produced are to be seen at the factory. Farmers in the neighborhood of Greelong report that the wheat crop almost everywhere looks excellent, the warm weather having made it spring up vigorously. The oat crop threatens to be light, and not much barley has been sown. The Ballarat Star hears that a Ballarat lady who went to Fiji last year has been, or is about to be, led to the altar of Hymen by a prince of tbe royal house of Cacobau I. Mr Ellery, Government astronomer, has, at the Argus's request, furnished it with a calculation showing the relative merits of the passages made by the Great Britain and the Northumberland. Tbe following is the result of Mr Ellery 's investigation of the subject: — Tbe Great Britain had to traverse 205 miles more than the Northumberland. Tie Northumberland's time from Plymouth (pilot) to the Heads was 53d. sh. 40m. ; and the Great Britain's, from Liverpool (pilot) to the Heads was 53d. 22h. 30m., the Great Britain's time being, therefore, 16h. 50m. morethan that of theNorthumberland. The Great Britain, however, had 205 miles further to go. Her average speed was 237 miles per day, and she should therefore be given 20h. 46in. to do the 205 miles. She only took 16h. 50tr>. more than the Northumberland — ergo, she beat the Northumberland by 3h. 56m. In this calculation local times for leaving and arriving have been taken in both cases. The actual duration of the passage in each case was- — Northumberland, 52d. 20h. ; Great Britain, 53d. 13h. Sydney. At a Cabinet meeting held on the 27th, the Ministry decided to contribute a third of the subsidy required for the steam service between Java and Fort Darwin, in order to bring on telegraphic intelligence. Parliament has been summoned to meet for the despatch of business on Nov. 5. A public meeting has appointed a deputation to wait on the Minister of Lands, to request an alteration in the mining lease regulations, making one year's rent sufficient until the lease is issued. Wool is arriving freely from the country, and several hundred bales have been shipped already. The market is firmer. Large auction sales of tin ore have been made at £79 15s to £84 ss. QUEENSLAND. Eegarding the new diggings at Charters Towers, the correspondent of the Brisbane Courier writes on the 9th September : — " The fact is that some miners who were doing very well on the newly-dis-covered alluvial ground at Charters Towers wrote to their friends in Victoria in the most sanguine terms with regard to their prospects. Exaggerated versions of these letters got abroad, and the consequence was an exodus to this coloay of persons who will find on their arrival at the Towers, if they ever get so far, the truth of what we have from the first asserted — that the alluvial depoait is of ,
limited extent, and all the payable ground will soon be worked out." The A.S.N. Company have received a telegram from Townsville stating that the miners are returning from Charters Towers disgusted, and threaten to riot. Disappointed diggers threaten to rush the steamers at Townsville. The A.S. N. Company intend bringing them back at reduced fares. Adelaide. The half-yearly report of the Moonta Mining Company shows that over 10,000 tons of copper ore were raised during that period, which yielded £169,000. There is in hand a balance of £45,000 worth of ore. The working expenses amount to £75,000, and there remains a balance in hand of £125,000. Over 1,300 hands are employed in tbe mine. Eleven hundred tone breadstuff's were exported last week. 200 tons Liverpool j fine and 100 tons London stoved gait j have been sold at full rates. Breadstuff's unaltered ; wheat 5s 6d ; buyers are ofj f'ering 4s for new wheat. News has come to hand from Port Louis that the Australian horse Detective, owned by Messrs Joshua Brothers, has won all the races at Mauritius. A despatch from Palmerston, received here at 8.10 p.m. on the 26th, states that the Omeo was hourly expected at Port Darwin. There was no fresh news from the diggings. There was plenty of stone on the surface ready for the stamps. The yield expected was at least from four to five ounces per ton. The Treasurer made his budget speech on the 26th. The revenue for this year is expected to reach to £727,000, and the probable deficit at the end of the year will be £36,000 ; the estimated revenue for next year is £750,000, and the expenditure £753,000, leaving a total deficit at the end of the year of about £40,000; but it is hoped that this amouut will be reduced by the Consolidation Loans Bill so as to avoid the necessity of fresh taxation. Tbe Cus» toms revenue this year yielded £250,000, land sales £150,000, railways, £90,000. The Kapunda people have recaived a fresh telegram reporting the Yam Creek gold discoveries as rich, and that additional claims had been taken up.
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Southland Times, Issue 1645, 8 October 1872, Page 3
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