VICTORIA.
Melbourne, Jane 13. A deputation of farmers waite.d on the Government with a request for an increase of duties on grain and live stock. One speaker said that Melbourne capitalits had made arra»gemenis to buy the coming crop of Californian barley, and had instructed agents to ship m time to forestall the Victorian harvest. The Commissioner of Customs, m replying, said he would inquire into the truth of the statements. With reference to the increased duties, he feared any increase of the kind indicated would involve intercolonial trade proposals, which might militate against the union of the colonies. The matter would receive the full consideration of the Cabinet at an early date. Captain Schutr, of the steamer Excelsior, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter. The prosecution arose out of a collision of his steamer with a fishing boat, by which a b,oy was drowned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1867, 14 June 1888, Page 2
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149VICTORIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1867, 14 June 1888, Page 2
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