AUSTRALIAN.
THE NEW FLAGSHIPS VOYAGE OUT. [press association.] Sydney, 16th December. News has been received that H.M.S. Royal Arthur, the new flagship of the Australian Squadron, arrived at Colombo yesterday.
CHAEGE AGAINST A POSTMASTER. THE QUEENSLAND BANK SCANDAL. (Received December 17, 11 a.m.) Sydney, This Day. John Hugh Carter, relieving postmaster at Wickham, has been arrested on a charge of stealing £162 of Government moneys. Yesterday morning Carter was found lying in a dazed condition. His safe, containing over £200, had been ransacked, and Carter told the police that he had been aroused early in the morning by a man entering the room, who struck him a heavy blow on the head and rendered him insensible. A subsequent investigation led to his arrest, and £160 was afterwards found hidden under a heap near the office. Brisbane, This Day. The Government has obtained counsel's opinion to the effect that there is no ground for laying a criminal charge against the directors in connection with the Queensland National Bank revelations.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 146, 17 December 1897, Page 5
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168AUSTRALIAN. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 146, 17 December 1897, Page 5
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