AUSTRALIAN.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 118, 5 September 1885, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Aug. 27.— The prisoner Robinson has confessed that he stole the money from the Hotham Bank.- ,He states that he- broke, open^ .jthe drawers of the safe with, a, , chisel snd abstracted the contents. He then hired a cab ; and, proceeding, to Brighton Beach, .buried the, money in the, sand, whence Police this. morning recovered it with, the exception of £200 still unaccounted-for. Melbourne, Aug. .23, — The police, assisted by the prisoner Robinson, have, been searching, along, Brighton, beach for ( the residue (£37,5) of, the stolen money from Ilotham Bank robbery. ,So far the search ,has proved unsuccessful, as, Robinson is unable to identity the precise spot where the money is concealed. „ , > , , „ Melbourne, Aug. 2S.—The, Budget proposals brought forward, by the, Colonial .Treasurer (Air, Service,) have not been favourably received, and; vjbry general dissatisfaction is being expressed^ with some of them. , „ , , „,, t V „ Melbourne, August 30.— 1t is announced that the colonies of Victoria! and Queensland have agreed that the Federal Act shall cqmo I into force on Ist December next;,- Mr Service has laid before ,the other colonies a proposal for the meeting of the Federal, Council at Hobart in January next, and has submitted for their consideration a programme of Bubjects to be considered thereat. , ' „ ; ( The police yosterday succeeded in unearthing, £240 more of the stolen money which had been buried by Robin Eon, on Brighton Beach. , , , • |; Melbourne, September 2,-^-Mr Qeorge Augustus Sala will leave Sydney, to-morrow, September 3rd, for Auckland, t at which place he will first lecture in. New Zealand. , , , , , . , Sydney, Aug. 27. News is to hand from Moresby Island oijan outrage committed by returned Island labourers. , It ia reported that two white men were attacked and killed- by, some natives who had recently returned to the Island from Australia. - , r,,,, .t,j Sydney, Sept. 2. — The trial of the two men arrested for the murder, of Constable Herd wa,s concluded yesterday, when both prisoners were convicted of , manslaughter, . ,i ( , , . , • Sydney, Sept. 2. — Eight new members have been called to the Legislative Council. , Parliament will re-assemble for the despatch of business on Bth September, 1 , , Hobart, August 30.— The trial of the two men 6'Keefe and Rice, for complicity in Beaftonsfield bank robbery, last year,' con eluded yesterday, wjienboth.prisoners.were acquitted , , \ >, \, . v