AUSTRALIAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8418, 18 January 1899, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

(Electric Telegraph— Copyright— United Press Association.) SYDNEY. Jan. 17. Butler, arrested at Auckland on a charge of appropriation of funds of a Newcastle company, has been committed for trial. Obituary : Mr Richard Craven, mining millionaire and racehorse owner, aged 53. (Received Jan. 18, 9.30 a.m.) Jan. 18. — At the Cycling League's electric light carnival, the League's Cup resulted : Forbes 1, Megson 2. Drinkwater 3. Time, 4min 3osec. The five mile scratch race resulted : Megsou 1, Forbes 2 ; time, 12miu 18 l-3th sec. A stock of coal at Neutral Bay, containing two thousand tons, belonging to the Union Company, is afire, and has apparently been smouldering for several days. The Builders and Contractors' Association has agreed to fix the standard Wage for average carpenters at nine shillings per day, A few men receiving below that rate have gone on strike. MELBOURNE, Jan. 17.' Whyte, legal manager of a mining company at Glppsland, who is wanted on a charge of forgery of scrip, lias been arrested at Capetown. Madame Ledebtir has made a statement that the girl Ambrose died of an epileptic fit. ADELAIDE, Jan. 18. The Legislative Council adopted a resolution reaffirming the protest against Sir Thos. Kingston's action in regard to the referendum. The Council subsequently passed the Appropriation Bill.