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Press Association— Eleotrlo Telegraph -Oopytlghd SYDNEY. June 8. - TheGovernmenthasengagedColonelHotne, - > a distinguished Indian authority on irrigation, to report on water consprvation and irrigation throughout the colony, The engagement is for twelve months at £2000 '" per annum. Wright, an officer of the Union Bank, was sentenced to two years nine months imprisonment for larceny, and to two years' imprisonment for falsifying the books, the sentences to run concurrently. June 9. — The Marine Board found that the Karoola was lost by wrongful act or - default, and Captain Richards has been called upon to show cause on Monday why ( his certificate should not be suspended. ADELAIDE, June 8. The cable guarantee account for Cbiyear ended April 30th showed a total of-*ffS9797o, or £131,000 in excess of the amount guaranteed. The number of words cabled %^ to and from all the colonies was 2,211,000, y compared with 1,459,000 in tho previous yenr. The New Zealand share was 221,700, compared with 154,950 last year. BRISBANE, Junk 8. Four prisoners, charged with setting fira to the Ayrshire Downs woolshed, were found guilty of arson. Martin was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, and Loyld, Bowes, and (Jrawley each to ten years' penal servitude.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7651, 9 June 1896, Page 2
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195AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7651, 9 June 1896, Page 2
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