AUSTRALIAN.
Melbourne, September 2^| William B, Ledger, a clerk - employed in the Union Bunk, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of conspiring to obtain £8560 from the Bank by false; pretences, * and with falsifying the ledger with intent to defraud. The prisoner is a brother of the man who is alleged to have forged and uttered cheques for 15000, but#J has not yet been arrested, l 'm The first trial of •ammunitionmanufactured by Captain Whitney, of Auckland, has been highly satisfactory. September 29. A woman named Whitfotd murdered her husband at Sandhurst while asleep, by battering his head ;withanaxe, She is insane. ' : ■ Sydney, September 29. The rush to Poak Hill goldfield continues, No fresh discoveries liavo been made, .. Hobart, Septembtr 29. A motion has been tabled asking for a dissolution.of.Parliament, on the ground that tho ; ' Government Bailway proposals are all rojected. Tho Government regard it as awaafc, of confidence motion, and liw adjourned. Tho notice of motion was given without the. consent of the Opposition'.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3626, 30 September 1890, Page 2
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169AUSTRALIAN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3626, 30 September 1890, Page 2
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