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I N T E R C O L O N I A L ,
TOY s u b m a r in e c a b l f j
V IC T O R IA .
M elbourne, Yesterday Afternoon.
(from OCR OWN C0EBE8P0NDENT.1
T he W esleyan Conference resum ed
th is m orning, the R ev. J . C. Symondn
presiding. T he Rev. Geo, B row n, of
Sydney, read the report o f th e w ork
of a portioD of tho M ission Society
since 1884, which was adopted.
M r Brown w as elocted general
secretary and d eputy treaRurev
for Foreign Missions. A n im portant
debate on th e injuries dono to th e
m issionary funds by appeals from
strangers fo r which th o Conference is
responsiblo, was adjourned.
Chief Justice H igiubotbam in h e a r­
ing th e appeal case P itt against th e
L ive Stock Insurance Co., rem arked
th a t too commonly com panies avail
them selves of technical objections,
w hich in this case wore th a t tho ago and
price of the horse insured for P itt had
been tnisreproscnted, and th e com pany
therefore refused paym ent of th e insurance.
H ia Honor found for tho
plaintiff w ith costs, as thero w as no
proof of fraudulent intention, and th e
ago of a horse was m erely guessw ork
from a legal point of view.
Tho silver m arket rem ain u n ­
unchanged, BrokcnR £225 to £226,
S ouths £ 7 12s to £ 7 15s, C ordilleras
55s. T in is quiet, M ount Biseboff,
b uyers £ 59, sellers £ 6 2 .
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