AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT. )
(reuter's telegrams.) . Melbourne, Friday. It is stated that the Hon. Q. 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 has not dealt with the Tasmanian reciprocity > treaty, and the measure m consequence is shelved until next session. j The- Victorian shipowners have formed a combination m order to resist the demands by the wharf laborers for a large j increase m their wagea. ! The Victorian Parliament was formally prorogued to-day by his Excellency Sir Henry Loch, who, m his speech upon the occasion, stated that the forthcoming Federal Council marked a distinct epoch m the history of the colonies. He expressed a hope that it would lead to the establishment of an Australasian Dominion, otherwise its significance would he unimportant. Hobart, Friday. Arrived — Shaw,. Savill tnd Albion Company's s.s. Tainui, from- London. She lost a seaman overboard during tbe voyage. Sydney, Friday. Arrived, this Morning — Zealandia, \ from Auckland. Sailed, to-night-r-Tekapo for New Zea- ; land. | Sir John Robertson has not so far sue- j ceeded m completing a Ministry. j
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1587, 21 December 1885, Page 2
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