AUSTRALIAN NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2666, 13 August 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.) Melbourne, August 7. William Thompson, convicted of embezzling and forging to the amount of £1625 in the Colonial Bank at Yarraglen, of which he was manager, was sentenced to-day to five years' hard labour, with solitary confinement. Florida Cistelluno, an Italian, said to be a nephew of Signor Crispi, Italian Premier, has recovered £1000 damages from the Grosv.enor Hotel Company, Sydney. Tho Company sued Cistellano for £47 hotel bill. He paid £35 into Coutt, and put in a counter claim of £'2000 damages for wrongful arrest on a writ of copa. The jury' found for the plaintiff Company £39 and costs, and for the defendant £1000 and coats. Grand Chester is scratched for the Caultield Cup. Commercial : Wheat sold at 33 (3d for small lots, but large offerings were withdrawn. Flour is unaltered. Peed grain dull. Oats, 3i 10il to 43 ; prime seed, 4s 3d ; barley, neglected ; feed sold at 4s. Brisbane, August 7. The Premier stite3 that in consequence of the position taken up by the Premier of Victoria in reference to the question of responsible government for Western Australia, the proposal to hold a Conference in Melbourne will have to be abandoned. The Queensland Government intend to send an address to the Queen on the subject.