AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1905, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

(By Cable—Press Association— Copyrifttj SHRUBB AVD DUFFEY. (Received 10.22 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. Sbrubb and Duffey, the visiting atiletes, arrived here to-day. and were cor-: dially welcomed. It is unlikely that tie latter will start in short-distance events in Victoria. A iUDSHIPMAN MISSING. (Received 10.22 a.m.) HOBART, this day. Midshipman Loch, of H.M.s. Euryalns, is missing. He was last seen in a city shop on Friday evening. i BANK TELLER ARRESTED. (Received 10.22 ajn.) PERTH, this day. Hodge, teller of the West Australian Bank, has been arrested and charged withstealing £500. It is believed the total defalcations amount to £3000. —_______^_ PLAGUE IN QUEENSLAND; | ■ (Received 10.22 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. One fatal ease and one new case of plague are reported. RESIGNATION OF CAPTAIN BDUX SYDNEY, February 6. The harbourmaster of Sydney, Captain Bird, who was cleared of the charge of having obtained his position by bribery, but who was subsequently found by Royal Commission to have been guilty of reckless conduct, has resigned. SLOOP MUTTNE TO PAY OFF. SYDNEY, February 6The sloop Mutine, of the Austranan squadron, has sailed for England, where she will pay off. WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT > DROWNED. MELBOURNE. February 6. Mr. William McLean, a prominent business man of Melbourne, and for many years head of the well-known wholesale hardware firm of McLean Brothers and Rigg, which has branches in most of the States, has been found drowned at Brighton.