AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
VOLUNTEER CORPS DISBANDED. (PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION;. Melbourne, This Day. The Naval Brigade refused to accept the reduction in pay, and handed in their accoutrements, thus disbanding the crack force of the colony. The Central mine shareholders carried a motion in favor of the sale by 35 to 17. As a three-fourths majority is required a ballot is being taken ; but the sale is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Proxies representing 89,000 shares have been received in favor of the sale. The total amount of Income Tax received is .£168,800, averaging j-7 per taxpayer.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 274, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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95AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 274, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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