LATE AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
[per press telegraph agency.] Auckland June 18; The Hero has arrived from Sydney with dates to the 12th instant. Melbourne, The Government will probably propose a carriage tax as a substitute for tolls. They will also move for the construction of railways towards the South Australian border. The Sugar Co., will probably raise, their prices in a day or two. , A Prospecting Vote and Loan will form part of the Government policy. An insolvent named Pyke has been sentenced to four months imprisonment for fraudulent preference. Sydney. : Mr Parkes has given notice of a committee of the whole house to consider Jervoise’s report,' and the expediency of making naval and military preparations for colonial defence. The ordinary revenue is estimated at £1,557,000 ; expenditure, £85,000 less. A loan of £1,400,000 will include : £160,000 for immigration, and for lighthouses, £61,000; telegraph extension, £75,000. Rush has decided not to use a sliding seat., Brisbane. The Religious Worship Bill has been passed. The Government will construct railways from Oxley to Beenligh, from Ipswich to Harrisville, and from Brisbane to Sandgate.
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Kumara Times, Issue 221, 19 June 1877, Page 2
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