AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 215, 18 September 1901, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION. Sydney, September 17. The body of William Cullen, a seaman belonging to tho steamer Buffshire, has been recovered from the harbour. He fell in while painting. Deceased was a native of Wellington, j Melbourne, September 17. j A Board of Works 3| per cent. .£400,000 loan has been floated locally. The minimum was fixed at 99 and the j public subscribed .£350,000, and the] banks £1 50,000. The loan averaged! £99 Is 2d. ] It is now stati d that the Melbourne University debentures which were sup- j posed to have been stolen never existed. I The person respoosib e for the shortage of the funds is beieved to haveab-] stracted the money and covered the deficiency by entering in the books that an equivalent amount of debentures had been purchased. Received 1?, 9.51 p.m. Sydney, Septemher 17. The House of Assembly adopted motions of condolence in connection with the dea'h of Mr. McKinley and Sir P. Abbot", and adjourned out of respect to their memories. News has been received of the death of Captain Peebles, commanding the steamer Lincolnshire, which visited New Zealand last year. He also commanded the sailing ship Otago in the Home trade with New Zealand. Captain Moreton reports that the steamer Quirang, in pism •, signalled that she had the crew of the Moon-; stone, which was wrecked on Ocean Island, aboard. The Moonstone was a steamer of 2140 tons, and belonged to the Pacific Islands Company. She went to the Islands from Noumea to knd phosphates for Lyttelton. There! are no details of t he wreck. i Received 18, 1.10 a.m Melbourne, September 17. Marshall and Company's large boot factory at Port Melbourne is totally destroyed by fire, The amount of damage is unknown. Sydney, September 17. The steamer Mokau, 150 tons carrying capacity, built to order of the | Mokau Coal Company, was launched at i Drake's yatd, Blmiin. j Tin Vic'o-im, Tasmanian, and |Qu e-sland Parliaments have adopted reg'iiu'ions of condolonce with Mrs McKinley, and adjourned.