AUSTRALIAN CABLES.
A SUCCESSFUL STRIKE. N.S.W. POLITICS. (Per Press Association). Brisbane, June 18. The rouscabouts on the Avon Downs Station struck work for an increase in their wages to oOs per week, but on the demand being conceded they resumed work. Sydney. This Day. The all-absorbing topic of conversation is the altitude the Council is likely to adopt in regard to the taxation measures to-night. It is thought that that branch of the Legislature may possibly attempt to excise the Income Tax, leaving the Land Tax. Mr Crick has introduced a Bill to extend the restriction against Chinese immigration to Japanese and Kanakas. Melbourne, June 18. Arthur Buck, for the murder of Kate Norte n, will be executed on Ist July. Adelaide, June 18. Mr Barr Smith, a well-known resident, has presented tlie Government with a steam lifeboat of the latest type, which cost £8500.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 296, 19 June 1895, Page 2
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