AUSTRALIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIX, Issue 14736, 15 July 1908, Page 7

AUSTRALIA.

United Press Association—By Elootrie Telegraph—Copyright. AN ARREST. SYDNEY, July 14. William Stanley Forbes, the Sydney manager of the Scottish Union National Insurance Company, has been arrested on a. charge of stealing a valuable security. Forbes recently purchased a schooner, which was found provisioned ready to proceed on a cruise in tho South Seas. A deficiency of about £IOOO has been dkcovcrc-d in tho books. MISS IRENE AINSLEY. Miss Irene Ainsley, tho New Zealand singer, lias arrived, en. route for Auckland. A LIBERAL GIFT. ADELAIDE. July 14. Mr Ban- Smith, a well-known, merchant, has presented the Trades Hall with £2300 to liquidate all the existing liabilities on the hall. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT. HOBART, July 14. Parliament has opened. The Governor's Speech promised that the whole system of taxation would bo reviewed, nil unimproved land value tax submitted, the Licensing Act amended to provide for effective local option, and bills dealing with closer settlement and free education brought down. A SHOOTING FATALITY. PERTH, July 14. Two boys named Evans and M'Gavin were playing bushrangers. M'Gavin shot Evans dead.