AUSTRALIAN.
[beutee’s telegrams.! MELBOURNE, May 4. Population. The returns of the census taken on the night of the 3rd ult. show tho total population of the colony of Victoria to ho 860,000. The Ferret Swindle Private telegrams from England state that tho Highland Railway Company received the amonnt of the insurance on the steamer Ferret, alias India, which was reported at Home to have been lost. SYDNEY, May 4. Prorogued. A proclamation was issued to-day further proroguing Parliament until Tuesday, June 7th. Political Rumor. It is rumored that Mr Michael Fitzpatrick, member for Yass Plains and leader of the Opposition, has resigned his seat in the Legislative Assembly. Shipping. Sailed, last night—Wakatipu, for Wellington.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2242, 5 May 1881, Page 3
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