AUSTRALIAN.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.] LIEGE FIEE JN MELBOURNE. THE POSTAL CONFERENCE. eeuter's telegrams. Melbourne March 19AH the new Ministers have now been re-elected to Parliament. Mr Gillies, Minister of Railways, in a speech on Saturday night, stated that out of a sum of £2,650,000 alloted from the last loan for railways, only £550,000 will remain available for the construction of the proposed new lines, amounting to 800 miles. Recieved March 20, 12.50 p.m.] Melbourne, This Day. Obituary — Captain Frederick Charles Stnndish, aged 59. Deceased was formerly Chief Commissioner of police in Victoria. An extensive fire has occurred at Messrs Crisp" and Swinbourn's timber store situated in Bourke street. It has been completely destroyed. The Government has received communication from New Zealand to the effect that a Minister cannot attend the proposed postal conference ovring to the approaching Parliamentary session. Sydney, This Day. Latest betting on the Sydney Cup is sto 1 against Sweet William ; 6 to 1 Stockdale; 7 to 1 Mistaken; 10 to 1 Willeroo.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 81, 20 March 1883, Page 2
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