AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2431, 29 November 1892, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN CABLE.

Sydney, Nov. 20. Evidence in the baby-farming cases has been concluded, and the inquest adjourned until Monday. A shower of meteors was observed at Tumut on Thursday night. The crew of the ship Port Glasgow has been sentenced to a month’s imprisonment each on a charge of disobeying the orders of the captain. The men accused the captain of incompetency and threatened to throw him overboard if he interfered in the ship. They petitioned the mate to take command, and alleged that during bad weather the captain remained below; and that when the vessel was in danger of foundering the captain

was compelled to hand over command to the first mate. The Government have decided to sell the Wolverine; also to retire Major-General Richardson commandant of the forces, on the ground of ill-health, and to send Horae for his successor. Melbourne, Nov. 25. In the Legislative Assembly Sir Graham Berry announced that the deficit for the year would be little less than £1,000,000, owing to the payments in the months of July and August being much less than was anticipated. Two human legs have been found in a bag at Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne. The bag was branded “ Lot No, 1, J. Ripper.” The police think that the legs are those ofa woman, but the medical men believe they belong to a man. Medical men are of opinion that the legs were cut from the body shortly after death; and appear to be hacked off |below the knee by some unscientific person. The police are not certain whether or not the affair is a hoax by a medical student. Holland, late accountant of th' rf p or t Melbourne branch of tK National Bank ot has been arrested on a charge 0 f embezzling the funds of * l ae institution. Adelaide. Nov. 25. A Bill to increase the amount of income tax has passed the Lower House. Brisbane, Nov. 25. A trial shipment of pine apples has been sent to England, under the auspices of the Government officials. The report on the Batavia River ’ rush proves it to be a failure so fax as 3 the wetting of gold is concerned. The 1 the field is not more than 40 • acres.