AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 145, 13 June 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. ||'ER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.! Stdnet, June 11. A man named Waugh, a clerk recently i m the employ of the New Zealand Gov- . ernment, was arrested to-day on a charge • of embezzling moneys belonging to the Government of JS ew Zealand June 12. ! The Sydney Morning Herald has an article on the verdict returned at the en--1 quiry iuto the loss of the steamer Fijian ! (when the captain and second mate had their centfi' ates suspended for six months). It points out that a gross wrong has bean committed by one or the c other, for which contemporary suspension of certificates is inadequate punishment. ! The Herald insists that the matter should | be sifted to the bottom. -Melbourne, Jane 12. Premier Gillies last night introduced the new Rules of Procedure in the Vic- \ torian Parliament. He disclaimed any intention of hampering the freedom of . Parliament. The rules were designed [ merely to prevent waste of time. The" total amount of imports into Victoria during 1883 was L 23,972,000 and ' the exports L 15 ,853 ,000. In both instances the returns show an increase ever 1887. Brisbane, June 11. In the Legislative Assembly last eyen- ; mg the Payment of Members Bill was i read a second time. It provides for payment of an honorarium of L3OO per annum, in addition to travelling expenses. ____________