VICTORIA.
Melbourne, Jane 22. The Customs authorities have seized sixty pianos consigned to Messrs Blackburn and Co., and intend to proceed against the firm for fraudulent undervaluation of the consignment. The trustees of the Gilchrist Scholarship have, with the consent of the ]Jniversity of London, decided not to invite any applications m the colony for it, owing to lack of competition. Tbos. Doolan, a teller m the Jjank of Victoria, has bolted. His defalcations amount to close on A warrant has been issued for his arrest A thunderbolt fell at Wilson's Pro 4 montory, close to the telegraph. It fused all the wires for a distance of four posts, wrecked the battery build ing, destroyed the bank, and knocked down a stone wall, besides doing other damage.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1875, 23 June 1888, Page 3
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127VICTORIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1875, 23 June 1888, Page 3
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