INTERCOLONIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 185, 30 July 1895, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

SMALL POX OUTBREAK. CONVICTS FoITnEW CALEDONH. THE EEOENT JEWELLERY ROBBERY. . [UHITED PBEBE ABBOGUTIOH.] Adelaide, July 29. Miss Ramsay, the small pox patient, is recovering. There is no further sign of disease. Hob aut, July 26. The Government intend to propose an unimproved land tax of three* farthinga in the £. Melbourne, July 29. The relief party found the bodies of the Eldorado miners behind the boulders of clay which blocked the crosscut. Sidney, July 29. The half-yearly report of the Joint Stock Bank shows a net profit of £23,900. and a balance from last half of £26,300. A dividend of four per cent was recommended, £1500 added to the reserve, and £2000 carried forward. It was recently stated the French Government had decided to discontinue sending convicts to New Caledonia. The Tanais, however, brings news to the effect that preparations are being made in France to send another consignment of prisoners by the transport Galedonee, which it is understood left France on Juue 11. It is mentioned the despatch of this lot is unavoidable, as they are required to complete the new penal station. The boy Windon, who was one of the principal witnesses against Gill, has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the jewellery robbery from Stewart Dawson and Go's premises. Windon daily placed a tray containing the diamond rings in a safe, and it is stated the missing rings were taken a few months before the loss was discovered. It is anticipated that the boy's arrest will lead to the elucidation of the mystery. Vessels arriving report terrific weather crossing the Tasman Sea, Anxiety is felt for the safely of the barquentine Adelaide, forty days out from the Thames. Thursday Island, July 29. An attempt to tow the steamer Argus off the reef near Cape York failed. It is expected she will float off at the spring tides a week hence. Many of the horses are in poor condition.