LATENT JSTEWS.
'(BY BDECTBiICT^LEGR^BH-COPYRIGHT.)' 'V ; ; !|! !i '■(•REtTTß'tt-'S -TbiiEGHAMS*) i '. \ MelboitHne,' Thifi Day. ; ! Arrived, : last evehing-rthe Waira-i ; .zapa. .' :'. : -. '„■. ' .■ ' . ' : ' 'The official statistics published give a total yield 'of wheat for Victoriii last sea- "■ son' of. 10.300,000 bushels, !^>r an average of 9*40 bushelß per acre. The yield of ;oats:and potatpes show, a decrease com jpared with last-year. ... . i : .Sargood, Defence. Minister, has; ap: ..proved of,'.!j.' proposal to' inyite. tließoj'al '■ Navy'bffice'rs to offer ibi' "service. 1 ' '•■. ' In connection with local defences con- ; siderable -anixiety is 'expressed 1 here regarding the present unprotected state of rAHianyfc'WestfiAustralia.;-;.-..^^ ....■;' • Despatches from Victoria, Soutfy, Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, oil "the subject of federatipn,,have, been forwarded '• to Londonv..r"Newv,,Sojitli'Wales has not yet replied, and it is understood here •'•'that- the New Zealatid: ; 'Gove.riinieiit olj..jectsto Earl Derby's amendments to. the Draft Bill.. ..-.;.•*,..,.. - ." ..,'.; ", "[ .." j Extra naval precautions are being taken'here, and the '.force will prooably ' 'be materially d,rgumented without delay. Attention; is moreover being given to, '■'■ torpedoed for defence 'purposes. '.. ■.[ ' , !:4 >; L6nl>6^, March 1L | ''' -The proposal made' m Parliament ' lio grant i' 20,000 to th'e family '■ 'of the ; late General Gordon is being opposed: by the Government, i - • . ; . • , Benjamin St. John Ackers, Conserva-.-tiye,. has been elected to the House of , Commons, for West Gloucestershire vice ,'Cplph4 BobertsDigel' King Scott CBi"Liberali resigned. ' ■ " : -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 84, 12 March 1885, Page 3
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208LATENT JSTEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 84, 12 March 1885, Page 3
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