AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 10708, 3 September 1896, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Sydkey, September ' 2/ ' In consequence of the abundance of ] ftctn'ey, $nd tt\e slackness of^^Binknd, the ! ,Bant o! .New South Wales, the Bankbf , Australasia, iaud. Uje . Übiquv Bank of « Australia have reduced the rate of in- i terest on fixed j deposits J |sr. twelve i months to 8| pir crtiti, and for those at 1 ei^ nidrith's ttf 1 perceht' ' ' ' ! Sydney 1 , 'Septembers. 1 ; u,\ Thfc ship Anqoss iell- mfivltti' f the , derelict ship £rmv«Bbank in iinid-o<Jeap. ; The' latter nm- coal-laden ■froni- Barry io : T iii Pern, beißaiiafe dismantled, ■ ahd was abandoned. It is su^poaod her ] ereiw was picked ap by tk passing vessel . * ] At a meeting of creditors of the commercial Bank of Australia, a motion ' was adopting -, £ht new re-construction scheme under 4 ' whiph th§, ' interest on extended deposits is reduced/ Brisbanb^ September 8 : ' • ,] A shocking fatality occurred 1 in jihe • Queen Central mine to-day. ,. A shot had been prepared, when one 'of the' miners named- Cafry failed to get into the bucket, bat clang to the ring at the bottom, and was hauled up sdmp ,80 feet, when he Wt-ftfo hold; ' |n*d fell to the bottom. of the, shafts JMisti as the unforttmnte manr stro6ft"the bottiom the shot exuded, am} r % bpdv was fear- ' fully' mangled." " ' t) ■„ , Ai ' ' . : m\<*