NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2945, 9 July 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

Sydney, July 0. In the House of Assembly to-day, Mv D. Buchanan, who was recently elected for the Central Cumberland seat, tablotl a motion censuring Mr James Jlcnry Young, tho Sneaker of the House, The motion alleges that from deficient knowledge "of Parliamentary law and practice, and his frequent frivolous irritating intorferanoe with members during dobato, tho Speaker lias been the direct causo of much disorder, and, to a great extent, responsible for impeding the business of tho House.

Sydney, July 7. The prospectus of the Kauri Timber Company has been published, The capital is £1,200,000.' Ono hundred thousand shares Jiayp bp reserved for New Zealand.

Hombt, July 7, In tho Assembly last niglittlio.Customs Duties Eji! was passed. The general taxation proposals of the Government were strongly opposed, and are likely to lead to a dissolution of Parliament.

Melbourne, July 7. Tho defalcations of Thomas Doolan, the absconding teller of the Bank of Victoria, amount to £Wi The trial took place ypstgrday, when tj, sentence of 12 months'" imprisonment with bard labor was imposed, For the defence it was submitted that the prisoner's brain was affected by constant and monotonous work, arjd that he had paid ttway sums of mon.ey in mistake when cashing cheques. Several witnesses were called to prove this, allegation,' The Bench, in passing sentence, said the facts adduced in support pf this Qotitou-.

tjoh.would be submitted to, the'prbper ■quaitt^Bnd':the;'pOTflrnraent; ; :miglit feel justifiod intemitting the sentence.

The Chinese residents here discredit the statement received from New Zealand respecting the edict" of the Emperor of China. : ...

Advices have been received that cholera has broken out in Sumatra, and the Government has been asked to declare all ports of that country infected.