AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
, ■■ ■ ♦ ■•■ ■ By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. ■ FBBVTBB'B TELBGBAMB. | , Sydney, May 5. In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Sir H. Parkes, Premier, announced that at an early date be should introduce a motion for the adoption of the clature rules. . May 6. The Government bare consented to a reduction on the beer duties to threepence. The Premier has announced that a property-tax will be proposed be* fore the end of the year. ..'.'"'. Articles have bWn signed for a sculling race between Hanlaa and Beach, to be rowed on the Nepeah Kiver in November next, for £500 a side. Miuboubnb, May 6. Latest news from New Caledonia states that the French warship Duchaffnnt has returned to Noumea from Walla- e Is* land, Whore M. Chatirot has bean in* stalled! as French resident,. in new of the; ■ po«8il>le annexation of the Island by England or Germany. . Adki,aidk. MiyS. At a meeting of share iol(Je:i of the Bank of Adelaide today, it was in* ti mated that fifty thon-iand pounds would probably be witlidrawn from the Reserve Fund to o»jer possible losses.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 129, 7 May 1887, Page 2
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