AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph-Copyright (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8001, 14 June 1894, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph-Copyright (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received Juno 13, at noon* Sydney, June 1,3. The report of the benevolent sntnori | ties shows that) the increase of poverty in the city during the laab year wh unprecedented. The action taken by the Sydney Presbytery againsb the Rev. Mr Rl'lnncs, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, for his views on the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, as expressed in his address to the General Assembly has fizzed oat. A aioliori calling for a oonference between the Presbytery and the Moderator was withdra <n by the mover, who stated that the misapprehension under which he labored had been dispelled by the Moderator.

Me&uournk, June 13. The Government have received * cable message stating that the fcrade delegates who aro travelling in the Easb have arrived at) Hong Kong. They reporb that there is a good open' ing for dour tlioro, as freights have, boon reduced to 12s 6d per ton,

BrisbanKi June 13. Colonel Drury has been appointed commandant of the Queensland forces, in succession to Major General Owen. Hobaut, June 13. The Government propose to put a half a million loan on the market early next year.

NKWGABTLR, June 13 Sailed—St. Kilda, for Wanganui: Devonport, for Onehunga.

Received Juno 13, at 4.10 p.m. HoBArtT, Juna 13. The Ituahinc, from London, via way ports, arrived at uiuoo clock this morning, and was to rnume her voyage at fOiir o'clock this aftornoon. She has 13 passengers for Australia and 87 for New Zealand.

Received June 13, at 7.30 p.m. Sydney, Juno 13. The proprietors of a pnper called " Justice," named Dodda, Douglas and Alston were sentenced to nine months, Dyer to six, and M'Niren to ono for libelling Mr Slattery, the Minister for Justice.

Melbourne, June 13. A sensational poisoning case is alltged to have occurred nfc Richmond. A man named Lewis Junker died on June 6th, and his brother afterwards risited the housekeeper and was taken ill. The symptoms denoted arsenical poisoning, and the body of Lewis boing exhumed, showed similar traces* A warrant was issued for the arrest of the housekeeper (Mrs Neidel.)