Thursday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 22, 21 September 1883, Page 11

Thursday.

The Daily Noes published an article strongly urging the British Government to take steps to exclude French convicts from the Australian Colonies. The report to hand yesterday that an ultimatum had been sent to Cetewayo, calling upon him to surrender, is now proved to have been devoid of foundation. It is stated that Mr. Shall crass, the gaoler at Nelson, is about to retire from that position. The Government are sending a chief warder in his place, and have granted him 12 months' leave of absence, and he is to have a retiring allowance. Mr. Shallcrass was chief of the Nelson police, under the Provincial Government, for 13 years, and has held the office of gaoler for nine years.

General Booth, of the Salvation Army, has been arrested and imprisoned at Neufchatel for having continued religious demons ti ations against the orders of the authorities. O'Donnell was brought up at the Bow street Police Court, charged (with the murder of Carey at Port Elizabeth in July last. Some preliminary evidence was taken, and the case remanded. A daring and unaccountable robbery has been perpetrated at the Commercial Bank of Australasia in Melbourne. Sixteen bars of gold were placed in the cafe over night by Mr. Pinnock, manager of the branch bank at Ballarat, who took possession of one of the keys of the safe, another officer of the bank keeping the second. They noticed in the morning that the key -hole of the safe was obstructed, and on opening the safe it was found that 14 of the bars of gold were missing, besides £1000 in notes and gold coin. No clue to the robbeiy has yet been discovered . Probate on the will of the late Archbishop Vaughan has been granted the property being sworn at £61,328. A large attendance is expected at St. Mary's Cathedral today, when Bishop Redwood will deliver a panegyric on the deceased prelate.