INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9904, 24 November 1893, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

[3x sslectbic t3lbgkaph.—copyright.] \ (Peb Pbess Association..) ; AGENT-GENERAL. ' Melbourne, November 23. ] (Keceived November 23, at 11.15 a.m.) ' The Govitrnmeat hav-3 decided to ask Sir Andrew Clarke to fill the position of Agent- ! general for Victoria for a few months longer, j Ths Government consider ifc essential that \ the gentleman who nexr. fiila the position , should possess energy scd determination to find markets in Great Britain and Europe for 1 Victorian products. -, THE REVENUE. j In consequence of the territorial revenue j falling £58,000 below the Treasurer's estimate since July it has been decided to t press selectors and Grown lessees for their c arrears in rents, amounting to over LGOO.OOO. « BUILDING SOCIETY FRAUDS. * The investigator into the affairs of the a South Melbourne Permanent Building Society * has discovered another L 40.000 to be mis- * sing. This is attributed to a fraud on the i> psrt of Matthias Larkin, late secretary of the society, who is at present serving a sentence of six years' penal servitude for ": defrauding the institution. £

TH3 MERCANTILE BA.NK. Tiie Mercantile Basfe ciefetidaats were allowed bail in LIOO each on their own r-. cognisances. A DERELICT. Adelaide, November 23. (Received November 23, at 11.30 a.m.) 1 The hull of a three-masted American ; schooner of 300 tons bas been washed ashore ' near Port Caroliue. The vessel has appa- i rently been drifting about for several years. There is no cine as to her name. THS MESS&GERIE3 LINE. Bhisbane, November 23. (Received November 23, at 11.30 a.m.) Comte de Maillefeu is visiting the colony in order to study the possibility of making Brisbane the terminal port of the Hessageries Maritiaie3 steamers via Torres Strait, with a connecting steamer to San Francieco via Noumea. (Received November 24, at 1 a.m.) Comte de Maillefeu is travelling for Dieasure, and not on behalf of the Messageries line, who have done nothing to induce the belief that the present routs of steamers will be changed, though the French Consul in Sydney favours the change mentioned.