AUSTRALIAN.
[reuter’s telegrams.] SYDNEY, December 10. Arrived—Hero, from Auckland. New South Wales EstimatesThe Treasurer has introduced his Financial Statement. Tho revenue for last financial year was £3,525,000, and the expenditure £4,725,000. Ho estimates the revenue for the next year at £4,762,000, and tho expenditure at £4,984,000. The deficit is to he covered by an increase of taxes on stamps ; spirits, 2s; wines, sparkling, 4s; on beers, 3d; tobacco leaf, 3d, manufactured, 6d; excise duties on beers and tobacco, 3d. MELBOURNE, December 10. More Constitutional ReformMr Munro, in the Assembly, gav e notice of a motion to present an addres 8 to the Governor asking that satisfactory measures for the reform of tho Constitution should be carried during tho present session. [association special.] MELBOURNE, December 10. The Walking ManiaIt is stated that negotiations are pending between McLean, of Ballarat, and an unknown New Zealander to walk two hundred miles for £IOOO a side. SportingBetting on the Champion meeting is dull. Wilson’s string, Petrea, First King, and Avernus, aro considered tho most dangerous. Wheat. New wheat is quoted at 5s Bd.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1812, 11 December 1879, Page 2
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