VICTORIA.
The Minister of Railways has promised that no Chinese will be allowed to compete with Europeans for fruit stalls at the railway stations. Tho Assembly sat till nearly midnight on Wednesday, but no business was done. In the Council on Tuesday the Land Tax Amendment Bill was further debated on its second reading. Several members expressed an opinion that property would be reduced in value fifty per cent, by the tax. The debate was adjourned. In the Assembly, on the motion for send-
ing the Reform Bill to the Council, Mr Longmore argued that the bill, if passed, would create homo landlords; the people would be reduced to the condition of tho unfortunates at home. Tho Council, he said, was a slow bod}*, but it never had a row within its walls, and it would be no better under this bill. Ho spoke of the press writers as literary assassins filled with corruption. The message forwarding the Reform Bill was eventually sent to the Council with tho amendments. John Wilson has failed. Liabilities, £8000. The Ferret case was again before the Court yesterday. It transpired in evidence that Wallace and Wright had offered the ship for sale in Melbourne privately, and a reserve of £10,000 was placed on the vessel, but no offers were received.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3110, 16 June 1881, Page 4
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