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— # [Per Pubss Association. L (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) [ MELBOURNE, Aug. 17. 1 Another case of small pox has broken out on the ship Loch Tay. 1 Tho British Bank's head office has also suspended payment. Tho failure was . brought about by deprecation of real estates. £80,000 is due to the British de- ' positors. The position of the bank on the 1 ,'3lsfc March last; was as follows : —Assets, ; £034,000 ; liabilities, Ld07,000. The company has some capital which has nob been culled up, and the unpaid calls amount to -, L3G2.000. . SYDNEY, Aug. 17. \ Stanley, secretary of the Bourko branch ) of tho Shearers' Union has been suspended for withholding information which it is now considorod would if it had been made , public have prevented the late shearing . troubles. ; ADELAIDE, Aug. 17. A large cattle train was completely wrecked near Beltana, through breaking i of an axle. All the officials on board escaped without injury, but over one hundred cattle were killed. THURSDAY ISLAND, Auo. 17. Tho steamer Edclington, which ran ! ashore on Sherrard Island has been floated off. .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6144, 17 August 1891, Page 2
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177AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6144, 17 August 1891, Page 2
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