AUSTRALIAN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2361, 27 October 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[BSUTEB'S TELEQBAMa.] MELBOURNE, October 25. Sporting. Duke has been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. Somerset is first favorite for the Derby at 6to 4; Somnus, sto 1. Shipping. Arrived this afternoon —To Anan, from the Bluff. October 26. UTovel Justification of Theft. At the Police Court to-day Mr Thorp, late teller of the Bank of Victoria, was brought up on remand, charged with the embezzlement of £2500. It was stated in evidence that the prisoner justified the robbery, and declared that Mr Shann, tho manager, took cash and substituted a cheque for it. WoolGoldsbrough's mammoth wool sales, which opened on the 12th, closed to-day. During the series 16,000 bales were offered and 10,500 were sold. Large purchases [wore made for America and the Continent. The prices for greasy ruled from sevenpence to fifteenpence half-penny. Mr Ramsey's Motion. The debate on Mr Ramsey's amended motion regarding the education commission was resumed in the Assembly this afternoon, and is still proceeding. The Government expect a majority on the division on the motion. SYDNEY, October 26. A Disclaimer. Reuter's office is authorised by the French Consul to state that the report now current of the intention of the French Government to establish a protectorate over the island of Rarotonga is groundless.