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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICAL SITUATION. SIR JOHN ROBERTSON SENT FOR. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. THE CHOLERA ABOARD THE DORUNDA. TWO MORE DEATHS. PROROGATION OF THE MELBOURNE PARLIAMENT. VICTORIAN SHIPOWNERS COMBINATION. (Received December 18, 1.30 a.m.) Sydney, December 17. Sir John Robertsou has been sent for by the Governor, and is undertaking to form a Ministry. The Assembly has consequently been adjourned until Tuesdaynext, 22nd inst. The Pacific Mail steamship Alameda arrived from Auckland to-night. (Received December 18, 1.30 p.m.) Brisbane, December 18. Two more deaths have occurred on board the Dorunda, the victims being a woman and an infant. By latest accounts no fresh cases have made their appearance. Melbourne, December 18. It is stated that the Hon. G. B. Kerferd, Attorney-General of Victoria, will shortly be elevated to the judicial Bench. The formal prorogation of Parliament takes place to-day. The Assembly did not deal with the Tasmanian Reciprocity Treaty; the measure in consequence shelves until next session. The Victorian shipowners have formed a combination iu order to resist the demands made by the wharf labourers for a large increase of their wages.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2873, 18 December 1885, Page 2
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