AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
THE NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. TRIAL OF DAVIES AND MILLEDGE, STRANGE PROCEEDINGS. (rEB PBKB3 ASSOCIATION). Sydney, September 29. The New loan will he placed on the London Market to-morrow. Its object is to meet Treasury bills due in January next and tbe payment of puhlic works debt. Tbe minimum is fixed nt 9S. Obituary — Dr. George Bennett, naturalist, in his 90th year. Perth, Septimber 29. Tbe Chinese Immigration Restriction Bill has passed through the committee stage in the Assembly. The me-isure is based on tho legislation in iho Eastern colonies. MELBoritNE, This Day. At tbe Mercantile Bank prosecutions, Mr Guanson, counsel for ihe accused, objected to Mr Loniers' prfx-nce on the Bench. He claimed it vitiated the proceedings, as Mr Lomers had presided at the meeting to protest ngainst tbc At-torney-General refusing fo M-nd Davies and Milledge for trial. Mr Lotners, after consulting the Magistrate, declined to retire, and said there sceim-d to be an extraordinary under-current in connection with this case, and deliberate falsehoods and unmitigated lies were heing circulated. The Bench also were re ceiving anonymous letters, hut possibly some of the persons conspiring to influence the course of justice would eventually find tbrmselres in gaol
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 79, 30 September 1893, Page 2
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