AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Stdnkt, January 4. The military authorities are actively engaged m carrying out the defenoe recommendations of ' the late Sir Peter
cratchley and Sir WIHUm Jarvois. Two 12 ton ganß were recen 1? mounted at Newotxtle, and <>th'-rs of tho came dimensions ire expected to arrive shortly The revenae to v ns issued to-day show a deficiency of £745 200 on the estimated even a c for the year, but thiee or four hundred thousand of thia amount is due s arrears < f pastoral leases- Tbe deficit at the end of the finaucial year will amount t » t vo snd a h»lf millions. The greatest falling oft la m land sales and rail* way receipts.
A runnel betwoon Sydney and the North Sh -re, 1 mile 700 feat lone, costing £ »00,000, is pVjected The health of tie B ah >p of Newcastle) does not improve.
Brisb »ne, Jauuary 4.. Tvo children of a squatter natuod Poirley, at Araua, i?l>>d from tha vxpl alonof powder used for making tire-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 2
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169AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1454, 12 January 1887, Page 2
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