AUSTRALIAN.

Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 23 February 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

♦ BY HLECTBIO TKLBOBAPH.— OOPYBIOHT. THE COLLINGWOOD BANK *" ROBBERY. THREE PERPETRATORS CONVICTED. HEAVY SENTENCES. THE WAIHORA DISCHARGING. [bBUTKB'B TELEQRAJCS.] (Received February 23, 1.30 a.m.) Mblboubnb, 22nd February. The prisoners who were charged with the Collingwood Bank robbery were tried today at tho criminal session. Boole, who was the leading spirit in the attempt, was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, while hia accomplices, Murray and Hopkins, received six years each. The other prisonors were acquitted by tho jury. The Wailiora is now alongside the wharf discharging her cargo, which turns out generally in fair order, but little being damaged. Tho vessel will bo docked tomorrow, when tho extent of damage ahe has sustained will bo ascertained. The horses which sho had on board arrivod here safely. Latest Intelligence. THE FORMATION OF THE N.S/W. CABINET. THE COOKTOWN BOAT ACCIDENT. (Received February 23, 1.15 p.m.) Sydnbt, This Day. Sir Patrick Jennings is encountering considerable difficulty in the formation of a Ministry, and he has not yet been able to submit the names of his colleagues to his Excellency the Governor. Cooktown, This Day. Nothing has yet been heard of the twelve persons who have been missing since the boat accident on the 16th. inst., and it is considered certain that they havo all perished.