AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 116, 24 March 1891, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright JPKK UNITS!) PEKSs ASSOCIATION [ Sydney, March 21 Joseph R. Bradley, the defaulting manager of the Devonshire street branch of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank has confessed hi 3 guilt, and states he lost over .£14,000 in skating rink speculations. Joseph Waterhouse, accountant at the Commercial Bank, has levanted. His defalcations are said to amount to several thousands. March 22. A man named Gay, living at Brookston, near Wallsend, murdered his brother in-law, named Stubbs, last night. It appears that Stubbs had interferred with a domestic dispute in which Gay waa engaged, when the latter drew a revolver and shot him through the head, death being instantaneous. March 23. Advantage vrill be taken of the Federal Convention to hold a meeting of the whole of the A ustralian Premiers, the lirst time such an event has occurred. Matters of importance to the several Colonies will be considered, including the modes of correspondence between the Colonies, the relations of the Agents General to the Colonies, Civil Service regulations, and ike relation of the Colonies to the Imperial Institute. This Day. The Eiversdale, which recently went ashore at Noumea, has been floated off uninjured. Sir S. W. Griffiths, of Queensland, Mr 0. C. Kingston, South Australia, and Mr A.. J. Clarke, Tasmania, have been entrusted with the task of drafting a ConsfcimiioniO, Bill. '

Adelaide, Tim Day. The cable agreement has been finally settled, and Mr Todd, Postmaster-Gen-eral, is .urging Sir J. Pender to commence to reduce the tariff on April 10th. Mklboubnb, March 22. ' The Kail way Commissioners ha v c taicn a firm stand as to their poslti on, and d c cline to allow the Government to inter fere with their management of the line unless they can demonstrate that good results will be achieved. As the Commissioners are acting within their rights, the Government is at a loss what course to pursue. March 23. The man Wilson convicted of cutting his sweetheart's throat, was hanged today The body of a man has been found at Wendouri, and it is evidently a case of suicide by drowning. In one of the de* eeused's pockets was found a note, which was signed Henry Leach, Tiitnaru, New Zealand. Hobabt, March 22. The R.M.S. Eimutaka, from London, via the Cape, arrived here yesterday forenoon, and sailed again for New Zealand at 6 p.m. She brings 27 passengers for Australian, and 77 for New Zealand ports-