AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 139, 20 March 1872, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. HERO.

The s.s Hero arrived in the Auckland harbour early yesterday morning, bringing Melbourne and Sydney news to the 12th instant.

List or passengers:—From Melbourne : Mrs Newton, Miss Botham. Messrs 11. Knox, C. Knox, W.C. Cornish, 11. Cornish, A. Cornish, E. Sprague, T. 11. Blackloek, L. K. Howat, J. Reid, A. Stewart, R. Horne, C. Fitzgerald, J. Reeve, J. Honeyman, J. Moses, D. Gibsor., 3 children, Austin, and 8 in the steerage. From Sydney : Mrs Lobb, Mrs Bardslcy, Mrs Caldwell and 2 children, Messrs Marl in,B. I rebind, Muyson, J. De Ilirseli, and 20 in the steerage.

Qukknsi life. —March 7 : The dismasted vessel was lowed in tho Heads by the Re-

solute this evening. She is the Calcutta, 104 lays from Tusknr. Lost foremast, jibboom, and nil the head-yards and sails on the 18th January. Wo m’s Point. —March 7 : Thomas Barrett, proprietor of the Mountain Home, was killed last night through the dray he was driving capsizing near the borough boundary, on the. Jamieson track, and falling on him. Deceased was a very old resident in the district. His funeral was numerously attended. Port Albert.— ‘March 7 : The Prussian claim, at Stockyard Creek, had seven tons of stone crushed at the African battery, which yielded 630 z. The Opliir Company’s stone is improving. Portland. March 7: Annual Pace Meeting, Maiden Plate—Maori, 1 ; Mary Blane, 2 ; four others started. Portland Handicap—Boatman, 1 ; Jewess, 2. Soiling Race—Maori, 1 ; Sheriff, 2. juandicap Hurdle Race—lnterpreter, 1; Tallyho, 2 ; three others started. Sydney. —March 7 : IVo other men of the ill-fated New Guinea Expedition, who came ashore from the Maria in the captain’s boat,, have reached Cardwell badly wounded. The search for other survivors has hitherto been fruitless. Two armed land parties have been dispatched. A number of blacks have been seen about 'the coast. —The last two months’ customs’ revenue shows a slight decrease on the corresponding period of last year. —Some splendid specimens of tin have been received to-day' from the Elsinore mine.—A clearing sale has been held at Cuthbert’s ship-building establishment, which was well attended, and the stock realised good prices.

Gympie (Gueensland).— March 7: The Government have granted to Norton and Go. 80 acres of ground on the south side of the Mary River, including 2,000 yards of the alluvial deep lead, additional to the ground previously leased, the whole to bo worked by the Mary River Goldmining Company'. Norton lias also been granted a separate lease of 500 yards of the river hod, including the junction of Nash’s Gully' with the river, together with 16 acres on the south side, intersected by the deep lead. This large appropriation of ground has caused considerable dissatisfaction amongst the Gympie miners. Cardwell. —March 7: The steamer finonoe lias been unsuccessful in her search for the.peoplc adrift on rafts. Mr Surveyor Bull’s boat has remained at the Tam O’Shanter Point, on the look out for the missing men. The Peri started yrcsterday morning in search, commanded by Lieutenant Sabbin, of 11.M.5. Basilisk. The names of the additional persons saved are Zrrishesou, Wallace, Finn, and Schniiiling.

Adelaide. —March 7 : The Parliamentary Select Committee proceed oil Wednesday next to the South-east district, in order to inspect the drainage works. Bush fires are burning in all directions, and considerable damage lias been done to the Lake Albert Slatipn.

The following telegraphic particulars regarding the wreck of the Maria are given in the Sydney Morning Herald of the sth inst.:—Cardwell, 4t.h : The brig Maria, bound for New Guinea from Sydney, is a total wreck on the Bramble Reef, about 30 miles from here. Twentyeight of the passengers have arrived in two boats.* Forty-seven in another ho it and on rafts are missing. The steamship I'iimnee has been dispatched on a cruise m search of the missing men. The vessel was wrecked on Mond ty last. The persons saved are the chief officer, the third officer (Mr Angus), Ur Tait, Mi Bright, Vlr Good, and —Go le (?), storekeener. Passengers—Messrs Powell, Many, Hargrave, Konig, Robinson, Diekmau, Spefel, Clialow, Croinim lin, Musdatt, Croft, Letiti, Broad I Hirst Barclay, Gray, Hickman, King, Ramsay, Pegus, Lane, Fox, and Hess (?).

Brisbane. March 4 : The Colonial Secretary of Queensland received at Brisbane the following telegram from Cardwell this morning :—Two boats, containing 28 men of the crew of the brig Maria, from Sydney, arrived at noon. The mate states that the vessel left Sydney for New Guinea with 75 men, forming an expedition for settlement in that island, and that it was wrecked on Bramble Reef. It struck the reof about 3 o’clock on Monday morning, February 26. The captain left the wreck about 5 o'clock the same morning in the best boat, with a crew of six. Ten men left on a piece of wreck, and about 30 others left on two rafts. The brig commenced to fill up immediately, and went down at 7 o’clock the same morning. The mate believes that part of the crew on rafts have drifted to some of the islands in the neighbourhood, or perhaps to the main land. The wind was blowing strong from south-east. The mate, doctor, and two seamen, belonged to the ship, the remainder were passengei'3. One is Mr Hargrave, another is described as doctor and storekeeper. They assert that the captain deserted them. To obviate - the necessity of the vessel sailing out of the port under the provisions and regulations of the Emigration Act,the whole of the party, with the exception of one gentleman, shipped as officers and seamen. Captain Gillespie had command of the vessel ; Thomas Stratman, first mate ; Charles T. Andrews, second mate ; Rudolph Angus, third mate ; Thomas Tate, surgeon ; T. Murphy, assistant-surgeon ; Jacob Maay, boatswain; Laurence Hargrave, sailmaker; Thomas Smith, carpenter; S. W. Hooker, carpenter’s mate; stewards—C. F. Lefin, H. Hickman, Robert Phillips; S. Burgell, first cook ; Robert Solomon, second cook ; able-bodied seamen—Arthur Lime, C. T. Coyle, Win. T. Forster, R. Cork, John Meehan, John Ramsay, L. Dickman, \V. Thomson, Hugh Clialow, Patrick Sodeu, George Crornmelin, Robert Fox, Owen Williams, J. Arlcley, Waller Davis; the following shipped as ordinary seaimn—H Bolton. G. Pegus, Thos. O. Croft, George. Cock burn, Glassebrooke, John, Crookes, —Schwcfeting, H. Tinnir, Louis Konig, Charles Zimmerman, Daniel Polin,William Clout. William Hardy. Alexander Grant, Joseph King, Oscar O. P. Farmer, W. Barclay, Mark Powell, Peter Haydon, K. Broadhurst, W. Musdatt, James Gray, James Sullivan, J. Morris, Richard Good, Alexander Snundcrsou, E. Wright, J. Reyssin, William Dalglcisli, David 11. Hyman, Joseph Robinson, Joseph Rowe. Port Macquarie.— March 11 : Yesterday morning a prisoner named Hampton, by means of placing two stools against the gaol wall, got on the top and dropped on the outside. He was seen by awarder on duty, who challenged him, hut he ran away ; the warder then tired, ami the shot struck Hampton in the chest; but ho continued running towards the bush for nearly lialf-a-mile, and was seen to jump into some rushes of a creek, where he was found lying, quite dead, when the gaol authorities came up. An inquest will he . held to-day.

Invkukll. —March 11 : A substance supposed to he plumbago has been found here. The proprietors of the Now* Cornwall tin mine have transferred their land to tnistces for the benefit of the company. Dr Fraser addressed a meeting of electois on Saturday night. A resolution in his favour was agreed to utnuumously.