West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thursday 14 July 1892, page 4


NEWS AND NOTES-.

Owing to a stake in our Adelaide telegram it was stated yesterday that the Reserve Fund of the Commercial Bank of Australia was ¿8190,000. The correct figures are £1,000,000.

IN yesterday's report of the meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Association, it was stated that Mr. D. Symon, M.L.A., was elected one of the vice-presidents : the name should have been that of Mr. W. Morn me, of the Stanley Brewery Company.

Tas Premier has received an invitation from the. Greenough Farmer's Club to dine with them at the Greenough on the occasion of black visit to the Victoria district. Sir John Forrest has accepted the invitation, and the date will be fixed at a of nature time.

Them next concert of the Perth Musical Union has been fixed for Wednesday, the 20th inst., when Mendelssohn's St. Paul will be pro-demand, for the first time in Western Australia. The principal vocalists are Mrs. Dyer, Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Gale, Miss Parker, Mrs. North, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Birrell-Gray, Mr. Wright, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hart, and Captain Crook, and Mr. Hensman is conductor. ! -"

?YMSTMXDAT afternoon two deputations waited on the Premier, Sir John Forrest. The first deputation wanted a platform erected on the Fremanga line at the junction of Thomasstreet and Subiaco road. The second deputation was from the City Council, with regard to the City Market.. The Premier promised to consult the Engineer-in-Chief regarding the railway platform, and with regard to the City Market, the. deputation received a favourable reply. Reports of the deputations appear elsewhere.

THB Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company varied their season at the Fremantle Town Hall last evening by replacing La Mascotte by The Pirates ogPenzanee. Another well filled house testified to the appreciation, which the company have earned from their two inaugural performances of the first named opera. An extended notice of The, Pirates of Penzance has already appeared in our columns, and it is sufficient to say that the Lilliputians improve upon asonaintanoe. The Mikado will be performed this evening.

THE Premier and Lady Forrest gave a dinner party on Tuesday evening, at which the fol-now ing guests were present :-His Excellency the Governor and Lady Robinson, Miss Robinson, the Chief Justice and Mrs. Onslow, Mr. Justice Hensman and Mrs. Hensman, the Colonial Secretary and Mrs. Shenton, the Attorney-General and Mrs. Burt, the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Mrs. Marmion, Mrs. Lefroy, Mrs. Venn, G. W. Leake, Q.C., M.L.C., the Engineer-in-Chief and Mrs. O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs. North, Captain Stuart, and Mr. Blois.

THE hearing of the case of Threlfall v. the Government was concluded yesterday before Mr. Justice Hensman and a special jury. The morning was occupied by taking evidence for the defendant, and by the addresses of counsel. His Honour's summing up in the afternoon lasted an hour, and the jury, after twenty minute's deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1887, for which judgment was given with costs. A report of the proceedings appears elsewhere. The Court will sit again at 10.30 a.m. to-day, when the case of Lovegrove v. Sampson and wife, in which the plaintiff claims damages for alleged slander, will be taken.

LAST night the Vital Spark Company were welcomed by a fairly well-filled house at the St. George's Hall in spite of the boisterous weather. The gallery was again crowded, and the back of the hall was well filled. The company appeared with a new programme. Each number was well received by an appreciative audience, and the entertainment was considerably lengthened by the number of encores. The Leslie Brothers fairly brought down the house with their clever musical performances, and the Anderson Sisters were equally well received. This evening the management intend to produce a shadow pantQSuiioe similar to that in which the Leslie Brothers have been so successful in

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UNUSUALLY boisterous weather has prevailed at Fremantle and along the coast during the past two days. Yesterday no progress could be made in loading cargo on board the s.s. Victorian, which was moored alongside the jetty, and at times the strain upon the shore lines was almost as much as could be with-stood. In consequence of this delay the sailing of the Victorian did not take place at the time notified, and if the squalls from the north continue it is doubtful whether she will be able to get away to-day. Great difficulty was experienced in placing passengers on board the ss. Flinders last evening, and at a late hour she had not ventured on her trip to Bunbury and Vasse, having had to anchor in the roadstead during "*>> violence of the storm. The barometer ? w- i. v settled change to stormy weather,

indicates at be expected.

and continued Bill. " during

the next few days.

IN another column we publish a report of the hundred and second half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Western Australian Bank. We have again to congratulate the Bank on its excellent position. The figures given by the Chairman (Mr. Shenton, M.L.C.), in reviewing the operations of the Bank for the past two years, speak dolefully for the progress made by this purely local institution. Advances have increased from ,£339,642 to ¿8509,691, assets from ¿£435,850 to 2665 7,190, and the circulation has doubled. The Reserve Fund and reserved profits amount to £100,00. The capital is £70,000, but the Board of Directors have decided to make a new issuer of shares, which will increase it to £80,000', and raise the Reserve Fund from £80,000 to 25,000. The Directors' report, advising the payment of a diver

dead at the rate of 17½ per cent. per annum and carrying forward £20,039, was carried. Transport and balance j sheet and publish M3

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