AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2458, 31 October 1876, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

. . P£B s s.' hbbo. • : ' Melbourne, October' '23. A chemist's assistants" Colling wood died from an .overdose of chloroform. A man-named Griffiths,.-of- Ballarat, has been committed for trial fqr unskilful treatiiient'in a' midwifery case; . A.Bill prohibiting the importation of indecent literature lia's been 1 passed. Governors and Normanby are unable to accept Sir Georgo Bowon's invitation to: yisit ( M,eJbourne;. Governor Mnsgrawliarf'accepted. • Two riders in tho ihurdle race at Wilson's .Circus sustained concussion of the brain ; ono has died. !1 he culter' Loelia' is starling for New : Guinea and the Islands of the Pacific to : open a trade for an' Fnglish' Compariyi : The Premier declined. ( to give a definite reply to'a depui atioh re street traiii ways. John Bell's estate pays thirty thousand ; pounds' duty.' " ' ■ ' ': ■ A London telegram quotes Hennessy's brandy, 7s New Kent hops sold at 2s 6d; oats, ,3s Id, 3s ; 3d;, flour, £14. A man was'garrottectiu the Domain. A Credit Bank has been formed with a; capital of a million sterling. ! The National Bank has paid a dividend, of 12 per ce : nt, and carried forward 1 seventy-six .thousand (£76,000). Adelaide, October 23, The public expenditure for the Sep-j tember quarter was £399,347, being £87,000 more than the corresponding quarter of last year., . , Sales—wheat; 6s Id.' f Tho Loan Bills and Pdbii'c Works Bills have passedj .. > l;. V: ' Sydney, October 23.

Two 'brothers named .Manning wore drowned in the- Hunter Biver by the capsizing of a boat. Sydney is being .supplied with milk from the Berrima, kept fresh by subjection tointense c01d... r ... ~ 1 Qtjebnsund, October 231' Consequent on ■ a superabundance of labour in the western parts, tfie Government have instructed the, Agent-General to reduce the number of immigrant ships sent out. • « A meeting of labourers" at Townsville have adopted a manifesto, to send-to;the Agricultural Labourers Union of -England; holding up Queensland as : a ,fieldi.for labour to public scorn as a gigantic imposture. '" ' ' The South. British Company have j>ur« chased a block of land at Brisbarie at £95 per foot. ~, ;> 1 A tender for the western railway extension ha? been accepted at £2,700.-per mile. • ;

We extract the following from, our Australian files:— A skirmish took .place between the aborigines and the native police of Queensland, on the NormantownEoad, at Creen's Creek, about 150 miles from Georgetown. 'It appears that several hundred blacks had been holding a place called Bora, near Creen Greek, and had attacked the telegraph station there. Two detachments of the Queensland native police went-to the rescue; under the command of Inspectors Armit and Peingdestro, and they attacked the blacks, who resisted. The fight lasted a considerable timp, but the blacks eventually were dispersed. Inspector Armit's horse was killed under him, and numerous spears passed under the' horse of Inspector Peingdostry. A gentloman coming on to Georgetown had' a vory narrow escape; he leant forward just as a spear passed' through _ the soat of his saddle, the horse bucking, and throwing him, but Inspector Armit rescued him., The police officors say that tboy have never, mot with such a determined resistohco fronrthe blacks, and that the Normantown Uoad is a dangerous one for travclling/as the aborigines are numerous and vindictive. • ' : < His Excellency the Govornor, with Ladyßobinson and suite, and'some members of the Ministry, propose making a tour in the Murray and Murrumbidgee districts during tho rocess.' The leaves of eucalyptus citribdbra have been found effectual .in keeping insects away from clothes. A burglar entered tho parsonage at Itichmond on the night of tho 24th September, and stole a gold watch, two broochos, and other articles from the room whore theEev Dr W.oolls and Mrs Woolls were sleeping. A man was committed for the offence. ••■ ■' v; The Now Guinea Expedition, under tho command of. &ignor u'Albertis, returned to Somerset on 29th September. The party penetrated the country to a 1 distance of 350 miles boyond tho spot

previously reached. The natives wei'V numerous and hostile. , ,On' th'o '23rd .September .'tho various batteries on (he shores of the harbour jvero manned by the Artillery Force, who kept up a heavy fire from different points, while i the Naval Brigade ped6>. experiments, by way. of''showmgwhat' 1 jkind of resistance could be offered' to a hostile forca. , • -u Alluvial gold, in the proportion; of 2dwts to'.tlie bucket, has been discovered on the Cumbamurra run, in tbe'Young district. The sinking is said to be about 29feet-deep.; \ • ( .^n»o I At Murrurundi, a. supposed burglar named O'Brien was chased by young :Cohen, ; wlib ,was slightly;stabbed;; but he choked O'Brien, who died later in the 'hospital. " ! Dr Faucetfc, a nomceopatbist, was .com-, | ,'mittcd for trial at Bathurst police'court,' ion the charge pf killing, Elizabeth Simpson, who died in the' hospital. The schooner. * Atlantic' was..found : !<eel uppermost, off the coast, not far from Newcastle. On being righted', dead ibodies were found in her in 1 an advanced Istate of decomposition. i A telegram from' Brisbane. says that jadv'ces from Normanby report the mur- : der of Dr James (formerly of the ■' Chevert* exploring vessel), and the master of : the pearling vessel. The {doctor, master, and a native crew left Somerset on a scientific trip to New Guinea. A lot of'natives cameras they supposed, to trade, and when those in the boating tliem they irere deceived-by a shower of spealf's. -The doctor was instantly killed, also; them aster./ The boat with the native crew, recovered the bodies 'and buried theih on an'island unknown, i returning; tfotoerset' •• t6'■> report-' 5 the:disastei!.; ;;j ' ;! ; ' '» ■''[ , Sergdarit' Foley and Gonsjatfje Townsj end hive been committed for trial at' the jnext sitting of the Albury Circuit Court in April next, charged with the man- ' slaughter of Father flealey. sit is understood, however, that applioation will be made to ohange the venue to Sydney. ! Both prisoners have been released upon their own recognisances. [The circumstances of the shooting of Father Healoy will be fresh in the recollection of our readers.. The police mistook their, man, and shot tho priest in his own room at:thp, hotel.] The. s.s. 'Claud Hamilton,' which-for somelength of time has been performing the-service-of a regular-mail-packet to the Northern Territory in the interest of the South Australian Government has returned to Melbourne from.Porfc. Darwin, The present trip terminates' tho contract, which ' appears t6 have ; b'een' performed satisfactorily. The passages of the ' Claud Hamilton* have, ,beep'jopii and regular,- and her-present jand,concluding round has, been one of tho.fastest she has accomplished! From Poft Darwin she has brought some 1,6600zb; of.alluvial and reef gold and a .nUmber' of passengers. She has also brought on the first and second officers of the ship' " Wild Buck, which was wrecked on August 28, on Cape Yan Diemen : Spit, Melville-Island. A.portion of the crew, who $sq left-Port Darwin in the & Newcastle, 'New South Wales. The 'Claud 1 Hamilton! will not'be allowed to remain long idle, <the announcement having already been "made that she will resume her trips in the Now Zealand ' trade in a few days.