AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
LP^R XTNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. J Sydxe - , August 8. Tho Anglican Synod has passed a resolution of sympathy with the Rev C. Spuwon. Objeelion was taken to the resolution by several members on the grounl that Mr Spurgeon is schismatic. August 10, Great satisfaction is felt throughout the country at the termination of the shearing difficulty. Cole, clerk m the Commercial Banking » ornpany, who defrauded the hank of £8500 by means of forged office warrants, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. Melbourne, August 9. The re-cent floods Lave caused damage to the railways to the extent of £25,000, Bay's drapery establishment at Eaglehn*k. near Sandhurst, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated ut £12,000. Hobabt, August 9. Arrived — R.M-S. Rimutaka, from London, via tbe Cape, this forenoon, and sails again for Wellington at 6 o'clock to-night. Sh« lands 48 passengers here for Australian ports, and has 148 for New Zealand. August 10, An investigation of the affairs of the Bank of Van Dieman's Land strengthens the conviction expressed by the shareholders that tbere was no actual neces* sity to close the doors of the Bank-
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 18, 11 August 1891, Page 2
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189AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 18, 11 August 1891, Page 2
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