AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. | PER UNITED PKES.S ASSOCIATION! Adelaide, August 2. The new Victorian Tariff is viewed with extreme dissatisfaction in commercial circles. The Licensed Victuallers' Bill introduced in the Assembly contains local option clauses and restricts the sale of liquor in clubs. Advices from Mauritius report that rain* have somewhat retarded the sugar crushing. The yield is expected to come up to expectations. Melbourne, Ausu t 2. The House has rejected the m j&ion to introduce Scripture lesson books into the State schools. The Budget is now being debated. Brisbane, August 2 Crawford, a very prominent mining broker, has been arrested for forgery* involving £10,000. The Colonial Treasurer's Financial Statement shows that the receipts during the year exceeded the expenditure by ; £117,000. The deficit, which at the bei ginning of the year was £602,000 now | stands at £485,000. A Loan Bill for the purpose of carrying on public works will be introduced shortly. Stdkbt, Augnst 2. Mataafa's authority is now respected and obeyed Both parties are busily engaged planting food. i
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 21, 3 August 1889, Page 2
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