AUSTRALIAN.

Northern Advocate, 25 November 1893, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN.

WYATTf. accused of baby farming, at Melbourne, has been acquitted. Tke body o f an unknown man foully murdered has beeu found floating 1 in the Murray river. In the Mercantile Bank cases, Davies, Millidge and Nunty have been committed for trial. The defendants were allowed bail of £IQO in their own recognizances. ;fi Jj| Encouraging reports have been' received at Sydney of the new Australian settlement at Paraguay.^ The hull of a three-masted A merieaSji schooner, 300 tons, has been washed ashore near Port Caroline. There is no clue to her name. 'i".-." reading of the New South W..!'"3 Bank Bill has been carried by 65 to 43. A new Maritime Union has been formed in Melbourne. An investigation into the affairs of the South Melbourne Permanent Building and Investment Coy., has di&c tvercnl another £40,000 is* missing. This is attributed to fraud on th^part of the late secretary and 'president who are serving a sentence of six years' penal servitude at Melbourne. In consequence of the territorial revenue falling £58,000 below the estimate since July it has been decided to sue selectors and Crown lessees for their arrears, amounting to over £600,000. At a meeting of the shareholders in London of the Bank of Australia, Sir J. P. Gfarrick announced thatTduring the suspension of the institution trust accounts amouuting to about £600,000 v.'ore opened and the bulk of them hay© been transferred to new bank depositors. The calls have almost all been paid.