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LATEST
SPUL 11«.
[FROM GRKVILLE'S COMPANT.]
SYDNEY.
Monday evening.
The fresh evidence taken by Judge Backhouse,
in connection with the case of Frank J. Smith and
others, who received a sentence of soven years over
the Australian Mercantile Loau and Guarantee
frauds, has not yet been considered by the depart-
ment 3 the result will not be known until the whole
matter has been gone into by the Executive.
Ou the wharves this morning there was a good
supply of Hunter River lucerne hay. Good hay
was in demand at £3 to £3 10s, prime hay scarce at
£3 16s ; maize, 3s ; bran, Is ; pollard, Is 3d ; feed
oats at 2s 3d to 2s 5d, Beed oats at 2s 7d ; Circular
Head potatoes at £3 10s, New Zealand at £2 10s ;
onionB, ¿83 15s to £4; Hobart Swede turnips, £3
10s to £4; Intercolonial oaten chaff, £5 15s
to £6; butter, keg, Is to Is Id; factory, 1B 3d;
eggs, Is lOd to 2s ; cheese, 4d to 5d ; bacon, 5d to
7di ham, 9d to lOd; New Zealand bacon, 9d;
ham, Is ; lard, bulk, 3Jd ; bladder, 4Jd ; honey, 4d ;
beeswax, 9d to lOd.
The Minister of Agriculture has consented to
offer six £50 as champion prizes for sheep at the
Royal Agricultural Society's Sheep Show shortly to
be held.
It is reported another deflceucy of a hundred
thousand pounds in public accounts of last year has
been discovered by the Treasurer. Works had been
undertaken iu different Departments, for which no
provision had been made, and for which the Go-
vernment will now have to pay. The largest
amounts are in the Military and Railway Depart-
ments. Contractors having finished works, of
which the Treasurer had no knowledge, some are
waiting for their money. The Treasurer will there-
fore have to devote over one hundred thousand
pounds of the advance vote of two hundred thou-
sand to pay off these liabilities incurred by his
predecessors.
lu connection with the suspicious death of Jane
Robertson, who died on the 17th ultimo, the police
have arrested on suspicion John Willis Smith, an
unqualified practitioner. Smith was discovered ill
in bed; consequently the magistrate visited his
house and granted him bail. Some time ago Smith
figured prominently in connection with a suspioious
death of a young girl, Elate Riley, and again before
that in the death of a young girl uamed Lavinia
Dives, whose body was exhumed.
The Department of Agriculture report that the
disease lately found in the orange in the Camden
district, is known as rust mite or maori disease.
The Royal Commission on Schey's charges
resumed to-day. Mr. Sohey applied for postpone-
ment till Thursday, owing to illness and produced
a medical certificate. After a sharp discussion be-
tween Schey aad Justice Owen, the application was
refused, and further evidence taken up to the time
of the Commissioners adjourning until to-morrow.
W. C. A'Beckett, freetrader ; W. B. Wilkinson,
protectionist and labour ; J. C. Ryrie, freetrader,
O'BCalloran, protectionist and labour ; George'
Plummer, freetrader, were all nominated to-day for
the vacant seat for Bogan electorate, caused by the
death of Mr. Cass.
Mr. Brandis is very ill, and was unable to take
his seat to-day on the Land Court bench. Mr.
Alexander Oliver, the new president, upon taking
his seat for the first time was congratulated by the
late president, Mr. Rogers. ,
Damage, at Clarke's tobacconist fire this morning
was more serious than was at first anticipated.
Clarke's loss was £2000 ; A. J. Riley's loss, £5000,
covered by insurance.
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