AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
<fr- — — ■ Lpsr united press association, j Melboubne, November 12. Tlio Soutli Melbourne Permanent Building Society has temporarily stopre.l paying out any money until full investU gation lias been made into the alleged defalcations of Mr Larkin, one of its officers. If these do not exceed £15,000 the Society is perfectly sound, but it is feared that tue amount will largely exceed that mentioned. Iha Crown Prosecutor has reported to tlic Government that the evidence in the Easby»Grambier case will not justify the prosecution of the captain of either yes« sel for manslaughter. Hobabt, November 12. The R.M.S. Arawa, from London yia Ten er iff a and Capetown, arrived early this morning, and resumes her voyage to Wellington at 6 a.m. to-morrow. She lias 81 passengers for Australia, and 180 for New Zealand. The Colonial Treasurer announces that he expects a surplus of £45,000 this year, The finances are in a most satisfactory state. Sydney, November 13. A violeiit southerly gale is blowing along the coast, and the ship Ross Diiu narrowly escaped from going ashore at Newcastle. The pilot boat, in going off to her, capsized, but the crew of the lifeboat, who were on the alert succeeded in rescuing its occupants.
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Feilding Star, 14 November 1891, Page 2
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204AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, 14 November 1891, Page 2
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