AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 8, 1 July 1886, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

• {BBUJBBB I *' ■■ Adbeaidb, June 30.; i Beceived July 1,.1.30:a.n». ' r Mklboubnk, June 3o. ~ The Waihora arrived thi» evening from theßftiff. ! The Wairarapa, sailed this afternoon .for New Zealand. SrosKy June 20. Arrived this evening MaripoM from Auckland with the inward San Franci»co mails. Information! have been laid agaia«t Wright, j Hgaton, and . other carriers in connection with the went railway fraud* The Qolr>nial Tri^aMirer made hu ■PihariciAl S f ateni«>nt" in the L«>gi illative" A»«eail»ly last night. The rereniVe f«r tlao paj>t rear »m 'tinted to £2,24ii,(K>0 ; expenditn're, £2.39<>,"00. revrnuri was £386.000 below the estimate. TV CuKtonm had dfbren«ed by £145,000, and ihw railway receipt* by fßl.oDrt. The tot«l public del* amount* to £.18.400,000 The revenue for the current financial year was e»tim«fed at £2.110,001). a(id" Ue expenditure at £2,2i < >0.Oi)O. The t*»tal deficivqev was ettiranted at £85?,(X)O. which will W covered by. fr?sh taxation, amounting to £109,0(10, inelndi u stam)» taxes, expeeted to rVali«e £65.'H>0. an>l by & ronaiderabie reduction in the. Ciril Service. : . Hobabt. June 29. The Taimanian Parliament ha* been dissolved. . Alb ant, June -29. . The I*. nnd f OR.M.S. Ballarat arrited at King foirge'tf Nound this morning. She brings Eng^h mails to May 28th. . ~ Sybkrt. June 30~ i.. In the Legislative A»"*^=>J\ly last night, n resolution waa pas«ed amr.iiWthe pro posal of gratuity of £10,000 to Sir 3sK n for distinguished patriotic ser~ #ees. :' ' : ' : ':' K i - ./-"':■ ; ! ■. k. :. ■■ Mrlbovbkb, June 22^ At a meetins of the Assocmted Bank* yesterday, the agreement dealing wjjth the current rate of interest on deposits, was practically cancelled by the London Chartered Bank announcing their intention of paying a higher interest than 6 per centum o« twelve months* deposits, the figure stipulated under the agreement. Two; other banks will probably follow suit, .h '■ -„,■■•'■ .:■■ ■• ■ ■'-•' '■'••■' ■-■■■'■' j