AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9189, 17 September 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Melboubne, September 14. The Marine Board enquiring into tho s.s. Manaponri touching ground near Cape Schank. found that Captain Logan was guilty of neglect, but, talcing into consideration his long -service, together with the fact that he has resigned his position in tho Company, the Board decided only to suspend his certificate for a month. Captain Logan completely broke down on hearing the decision. Sydney, September 16. In their official report on the loss of the Barque Ellen, the Board expresses an opinion that the vessel was dangerously leaky, under manned, and insufficiently provided with officers. That she was improperly bandied iv the gale, and

such irregularity and want of discipline j were the coasequence of incapacity of J officers through effects of drink. The ' Board considers it was not prudent to send tho barque to sea with such heavy cargo, though the owner acted well^ within the law. i Sydney, September 17. ' The Commercial Banking Company, the Joint Stock Bank, and the Bank of New South Wales have instructed their London representatives to tender for a million of the loan. Admiral Scotf denies that any court martial has been held on the cruiser Mildura. There was merely a semiofficial enquiry. Some of the stokers say they were abused like dogs because they failed to keep steam up. The captain states it was rather hot in the Red Sea, but he had to keep time by order of the Admiralty. The highest temperature in the stoke hole was 158 degrees, but that was only temporary. There seems to have been nothing more serious than a growl on the part of the men.' The seats for Illawarra have been declared vacant owing to irregularities in conducting the elections by the returning officers. The Assembly has rejected the second ballots in the Representation Bill by 72 to 17. Hob art, September 16. Arrangements for the amalgamation of the Bank of VanDiemen's Land, with the National Bank of Tasmania, is not yet completed, owing to obstruction on the part of the Government. The Ministers nre evidently divided. The Premier is averse to the Treasury Bills being placed on the London market till the bank has obtained requisite coin from other sources. Several other of the Ministers are in favor of handing over the bills without these restrictions, and a Ministerial crisis is threatened. Hob art, Teptember 17. In the Assembly the Treasurer stated that when the Bank of Van Diemen's Land proved the new shares were fully paid up and the Bank was in possession of coin to the value of £300,000, then the Government would hand over the Treasury bills.