AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, Monday. Captain Webber, of the Lye-e-moon, which vessel was recently wrecked at Green Cape, h;;s been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The third officer (Mr Fotheringhame) has been discharged from custody at the request of the Crown Prosecutor. In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier, Sir Patrick Jennings, stated tbat the alleged railway frauds were nothing like the amount reported, and added that the staff were engaged working night and day to ascertain the number and amount of frauds. The Premier further advised that all persons implicated be prosecuted. Melbourne, Monday. The funeral of Archbishop Gould took place to-day. The obsequies were of a most imposing character. Tha Cathedral was crowded with spectators. The Local Manager of the National Mortgage Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited, reports on the Melbourne market as follows : — Shipping wheat, less demand, occasionally easier, 5a 3d to os 4d ; malting barlej, quiet, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; New Zealand oats, feed sorts, fair demand, 3s to 3s Id ; milling descriptions firm, 3s 4d to 3s 6d ; New Zealand oats under bond, 2s 5d to 2s Bd.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 142, 16 June 1886, Page 2
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186AUSTRALIAN. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XX, Issue 142, 16 June 1886, Page 2
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