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♦ [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. RIFLE SHOOTING EXPEDITION. EMBEZZLING BANK FUNDS. COMMERCIAL BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEMONSTRATION OF UNEMPLOYED IN ADELAIDE. (Received March 31, 10.45 p.m.) Melbourne, March 31. Mr Gillies, Colonial Treasurer, has signified his intention of providing a sum of £IOOO towards the payment of the expenses entailed by sending a rifle team to compete at the coming Wimbledon meeting. (Received April 1, 1.45 a.m.) Later. At the criminal sessions to-day Alexander Lawrence, late teller of the City of Melbourne Bank, was found guilty of embezzling funds of the bank, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Sailed this morning, the steamship Rotomahana, for New Zealand. (Received March 31, 2.50 p.m.) Adelaide, March 31. The proposed nmalganvati'on of the Commercial Rank of Smith Australia with another ba.uk, has been abandoned.
(Received March 31, 10.45 p.m.) Later. A demonstration was made by the unemployed in this city to day. The men failing to j»ain an interview with Mr Downpr, proceeded to Government House, where the mob commenced hooting and making other noisy manifestations. A deputation waited upon his Excellency Sir William Robinson and put forward a demand for the immediate assembling of Parliament. A. detachment of police succeeded in dispersing the crowd, which numbered upwards of three hundred.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2939, 1 April 1886, Page 2
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