AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
THE POWERS OF THE SECOND CHAMBER. AUSTRALIAN RIFLE MEETING. , THE TICHBORNE CASE. I (PEE PBEBB ASSOCIATION.} Biusbaxk, This Day. Government lias decided to throw opeu r a million and a-lmlf acres throughout tho colony for selection as grazing and homestead farms. Hobart, This Day. At tho International Rifle meeting, the New South Wales Club won tho rifle club match with 420 points ; Melbourne club, 115, second ; Queensland club, 412, third. Sydney, This Day. A deadlock occurred through tho Legislative Council amending the Approbation Bill by striking out an item. ' The Council afterwards re-inserted the vote, however, but claimed the right to alter money Bills, except when they rci latcd to taxation. It is feared that the miners' strike will take place in the Newcastlo district at the end of the year. Parliament has adjourned for the Christmas recess, and will resume on February 26th. Government statistican estimates the wheat yield at 7,817,000 bushels, or an averayo of 11-96 per acre. Steps arc being taken to establish Cresswell's claim, but it is singular that ho himself denies identity with Tichborne.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 151, 22 December 1894, Page 2
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181AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 151, 22 December 1894, Page 2
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