AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighi Sydney, July 2.
Nows from Noumea states that H.M.S, Archer has returned from the New Hebrides with her crew suffering from fever. Three bluejackets were landed at the hospital in a critical condition. The censure motion was negatived by 65 to 42.
Melbourne, July 2. Mr Quick withdrew the amended mail ratified by the Commonwealth. The revenue for the year from Customs and excise was £9,681,000, exceeding the Treasurer’s estimate by £626,000. Sir George Turner explains that the excess of duties came from grain, fodder, and sugar. From the grain duties New South Wales collected £290,000, Viotoria £120,000. Queensland £70,000, and the other States £IO,OOO. The postal revenue amounted to £3,483,000, being £39,000 iu excess of the estimate. The expenditure was £3,584,000, being £BOOO under the Treasurer’s estimates. The total surplus return of the States is £820,000. They got back £185,600, about three-fourths of the amount to which they were entitled.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 932, 3 July 1903, Page 1
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