INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 15

INTERCOLONIAL.

MELBOURNE, June 18. The will of Edward Keep, iron merchant, has been lodged for probate. The colonial estate is valued at £245,000. June 19. At the half-yearly meeting of the Kauri Timber Company the chairman congratulated shareholders on their satisfactory position and the increasing demands for timber. The credit surplus was £23,550, against a total credit of £42,000 at the end of June, 1900. The company would lose nothing by the defalcations of the late managing director at Auckland. The whole of the embezzled money had been recovered. "The amount involved in connection with the committal for trial of one of the company's Melbourne officers did not exceed £1300. Beyond these two unfortunate incidents, their affairs were in every way satisfactory and prosperous. It was not intended to declare an interim dividend, as it was necessary to pay interest and sinking fund on July 1. June 21. jffhe Court of Inquiry into the loss of the Federal found that the vessel was well equipped in every particular, and that it was impassible to express an opinion as to the cause of the disaster. toYDNEY, June 18. v There is a heavy fall of snow in various inland districts. The weather is bitterly cold bn the coast. June 19. - Mr Bell, chief clerk for the Union S.S. Company, has been appointed manager of the North Coast Steamship Company. June 20. An area of 40,000 square miles of country, extending from Armidale (north) to Tumberumba (south), is covered with snow. The Russian cruiser Gromaboi has sailed for Japan. June 21. At the nominations for the State elections five Ministerialists and four Oppositionists were returned unopposed, including Messrs John Norton, M'Court, and Lee. ADELAIDE, June 20. Mr Chandler, editor of the (Free Lance, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined £50 for a libel which contained a reflection upon the morality of the men of the fifth contingent whilst in camp here. A wheat barge, in tow of a steamer, from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide, foundered. It is believed that three bargemen perished. June 21. | Wreckage has een found on the beach between Kanaya and Tickera, including a lifebuoy, branded " Glenrosa, Glasgow." S June 22. fhe wreckage on the coast belonged to the Penrosa, which was lost 12 years ago off Caps Banks. PERTH, June 20. A fishing boat was wrecked near Fremantle. Three foreigners are supposed to i have been drowned*

June 21. Obituary : Alexander Forrest, explorer and politician, brother of Sir John Forrest.