AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. |PEK UNITED PItESS ASS<.CI ATION. < Sydney, December 18. The official report states that the prospects of the back country are gloomy. The Wilcannia district is suffering severely from the drought, and it is described as practically a desert. Chaff is selling at L 25 per ton. In some districts the crops were damaged by Sunday's storm. Iv the House of Assembly this evening. Sir Henry Parkes made a statement to the effect that the Government had with great reluctance decided to proceed with the business on the Order Paper aa usual. There was much to be said iv favour of the Government resigning and leaving the settlement of the difficulty to those who had brought it about ; but considering the public inconvenience and serious interruption which would result to ordinary business, the Government had felt it their duty to remain in office for the present.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18881220.2.11
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 74, 20 December 1888, Page 2
Word Count
151AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 74, 20 December 1888, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in