AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
CABLES.
GENERAL ITEMS. Syr-NKV. Nov. 1:!. C DinjH tition ami bidding ; i! tinintercolonial wool .sales coniiir - ; very brisk. Better classes of wool are distinctly tinner, ami prices all round up to a farthing dearer. The first sample of new wheat has Ix en received from the Riverina district, and was well-matured. A private cable his been received stating that the price of No. 1 San Francisco milling wheat has been raised to 5s c.i.f. for the colonies. BIiISJiANK, Nov. l!$. The Chief Secretary is in receipt of a despatch from the Secretary for the Colonics communicating the invitation of the French Government to Great lUitain ;'n<l the colonic to take part in the Universal International Exhibition in Pari-* in IOUO. The Government are now in communication with a view of ascertaining if the proposal is favorably received here. Am.i.uriK, Nov. 18. In the Assembly the Colored Races Restriction Hill w;is passed. A motion to continue the progressive income tax for another year, but to raise the exemption from 1'12.> to t'l">o, was introduced.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 171, 14 November 1896, Page 3
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175AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 171, 14 November 1896, Page 3
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