OFFICER LOST OVERBOARD.
Hobakt, September 25J Mr Marsderi, fourth officer of the Union Company's steamer Wairarapp, fell overboard when the vessel was <|ff Cape Raoul, on the voyage from Melbourne, and was drowned. GENERAL BOOTH. Sydney, September 24. : General Booth sails tor New Zealand on October 14th. ANOTHER FAILURE. The Mercantile Building Company havesuspended payment m consequence of the panic caused by the failure of the Australian t lnvestment Building Company. The authorised capital is .£IOO,OOO, of which £33,000 is paid up, The reserve amounts to 419,000, According to the last balance sheet the liabilities were £363,000, including £101,000 of depositors' money. The assets were of the same amount, in-, eluding 4133,00,0, for freehold land a«d buildings. CHICAGO EXHIBITION. Arrangements^are being ma;de: to send a good collection of wools to the Chicago Exhibition. FRAUDULENT PRETENCES. Mr Howe, member-for-Bourkei who was arrested on a charge of obtaining 4690 by fraudulent pretences, has been committed for trial,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2
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155OFFICER LOST OVERBOARD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2
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