AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(Pee s.s. Eingaeooma, at the Bluff.)
(Peb Pbess Agency.)
Melbourne, May; 27.
The Governor was present at the Mayor's dinner,andspokein condemnatory terms of the Socialistic tendency in many communities now-a-days. He looked upon that feeling as a plague spot and an enemy to good Government and all good institutions. . , , _ j An examination into the affairs of .the Suburban Bank showed the affairs to have been conducted as loosely as is possible to conceive. The notes issued far exceeded .the amount sot down in last sworn return, and doubtful debts were made appear much less than they were. It appears that £24,000 has been advanced to Joseph Aarons on security of as many hundreds, and £24,030 advanced to one firm of railway contractors on a security of £13,000.
At a fire at Christie's hotel, the inmates were' Obliged to escape da tb!the roof in their night-dresses, and be rescued afterwards by fire escapes. |
A Chinaman, at Ararat, ha 3 been found murdered in his hut, his head being split open with an axe. r A man, suspected of tho murder, has been arrested. ■
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3211, 4 June 1879, Page 2
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184AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3211, 4 June 1879, Page 2
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