AUSTRALIAN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1265, 28 May 1896, Page 36

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, May 20,

Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, speaking at the Dairying Exhibition, said lie would bo extremely glad to see the proposed Imperial Zollverein realised, but, as a practical man, he was bound to recognise that the difficulties were great, because the advantages to all parts of the Empire would not be identical, some being ill a highly develope d state in regard to the ability to manufacture and produce, and others in an early stage and their industries more susceptible to competition. Melbourne, May 25.

A woman named Hannah Moriarty, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Yarra, and was rescued by a constable, stated that her husband was residing on the West Coast of New Zealand. She further stated that he had slighted her, and sent her to her brother at Perth, and that she had not since heard from

The woman ha 3 been remanded for medical treatment.

Tyrrel, the actor, formerly of New Zealand, has been acquitted of the charge of manslaughter of Anderson. Sydney, May 21.

After the position of the tank containing the gold on board the sunken steamer Catterthun had been located, operations were temporarily abandoned owing to continued bad weather.

The diver discovered the skeleton of one of the victims of the wreck. Sydney, May 22.

Wm. Ager, who lias been wanted since 1890 on a charge of embezzling the sum of -€BOO odd belonging to the Firo Brigades Board, has been arrested in Victoria. Accused was arrested in Benolla under an assumed name, on a charge. of embezzling moneys of the local Council, when it was discovered that ho was a man wanted in Sydney. Sydney, May 21.

The police have arrested a gang of thieves, who recently committed depredations among passengers’ luggage on steamers leaving for Auckland. Among the vessels raided was the Tarawera, and a large quantity of things taken from her, including macintoshes, coats, opera glasses, walking sticks, he., have been recovered,

Sydney, May 25

Wright, teller in the Union Bank, arrested on a charge of embezzling -£7O, confessed to taking £IOOO in gold from the safe. He explained that £7O only was taken on the day of the arrest, and with it ho went to the Itoseliill races, in the hope of backing a certainty. Instead lie lost every penny. The Bank authorities were unaware that the gold had been missing, accused having replaced the money with £35 worth of silver coin.

Whether or not there are any grounds for the more hopeful feeling in reference to the recovery of trade which during the past few months has found expression in commercial circles, the annual report of the Labour Bureau shows that the congestion of the labour market is increasing rather than decreasing. During the last throe years 22,327 men have been sent fossicking, at a cost tor railway fares, Ac., of over £50,000, of which £40,000 remains unrefunded. The manager of the Bureau considers that water conservation and irrigation works form the best and only permanent and ready means of solvingtho unemployed difficulty. Ho suggests the establishment of industrial homes as a euro for the habitual loafers, who sorely hamper the operation of the Bureau. An official explanation is now' to hand in regard to the increased squadron voto in the llouso of Commons, to the effect that £OO,OOO is estimated to be the sum the Imperial Government have to contribute for t ho year ending 1897 in order to comply with the agreement between England and Australia for the proper maintenance of the Auxiliary Squadron. It is not intended to make any chango in the reserve ships. The crew of tiio steamer Byron, which foundered off Newcastle during fierce gales, were four hours in an open boat before they woro rescued. 'The weather was bitterly cold, and heavy seas wero breaking aboard. The names of tho men drownod in the wreck of the barquontine Karoola, bound from Lyttelton to Sydney, are unknown. Tho weather is now breaking.

In tho Legislative Assembly notice has been given by a private lnomber of the introduction of a Bill substituting penal servitude for capital punishment. Adelaide, May 20.

Severe drought prevails in tho northern districts, and rabbits aro spreading with alaaming rapidity, causing a large amount of destruction.

Hobart, May 25,

A fire at Zeehan destroyed Craw’s largo store, tho Bank of Australasia, the Commercial Bank and three shops. The darnago is estimated atabout £IO,OOO.