VICTORIA.
Melbourne, June 28. The Master of the Mint deprecates the proposal that the colony should produce its own silver coinage, on the ground that the cost would defeat the object of the proposal. Captain Schutt, of the Geelong steamer Excelsior, was to-day arrainged charged with the manslaughter of Charles Proner. The charge arose out of an accident on Easter Monday. The steamer Excelsior when on the voyage from Geelong to Melbourne ran into a fishing boat anchored off the mouth of the Yarra, the ocegpants of which were thrown into the water, and the boy Proner was drowned. After hearing the evidence the jury found a verdict of Not Guilty,?' and the accused was discharged, The Chinese residents are protesting against the decision of the Conference recently held m Sydney.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1880, 29 June 1888, Page 2
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131VICTORIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1880, 29 June 1888, Page 2
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