AUSTRALIA.
Sydney,, September 4, . Arrived—Rotorua andrd3ero.
' A great fire occurred at the Beehive Store, Grafton, last night, the, damage, amounted to over £5000. - ' —-
(Per s.s. Tararua via the Bluff) Melbourne, August 29
Protests are raised against the proposed import tax of 9d per head on sheep, as calculated amongst other things to ruin'the meat preserving interests.
At a sale of cross-bred sheep the average price was £94 17s. The highest price paid was 270 guineas, but owing to the drought the condition of the sheep was not so good this year.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 118, 7 September 1877, Page 3
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91AUSTRALIA. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 118, 7 September 1877, Page 3
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