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ITALIAN BUDGET. A DEFICIT OF A' 7,080,000. (PER PiiESS ASSOCIATION ) i Romk, February 21. ' ! The chief members of the secret so- i ciety known as Omladina were sentenced ■ ! from live to eight years. Others got ] i smaller periods. I February 22. j The Budget presented to Parliament ; to-daj- shows a deficit of 100 and seventy j seven niillioti lire (i' 7,080,000.), 080,000.) The Go- | vernment propose to save forty-five million lire by a reduction in tbe public servicejsand 100 million lire by the con- j version of the public debt to 4 per cents. Fresh taxation will be imposed and the corn duty raised. It is also intended to abolish the octroi duties ou flour aud bread. London, February 22 The Post office notifies that no letters for the Australian colonies will be forwardrd by the Van Couver route unless so marked. Pahis. February 21 The Customs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies accept the offer of Government to impose a duty of seven francs ou wheat. February 22. The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to an increase in the corn duties to 7 francs. Washington, February 22. A majority of the Foreign Committee of the Senate have adopted Senator Morgan's report favouring ex President Harrisou's policy regarding Hawaii. ■
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 247, 23 February 1894, Page 2
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