AUSTRALIAN.
Melbourne, April 28. ' It is expected that Ministers are going to abandon the protectionist policy, in favor .of free trade. Great financial changes '-are almost certain. O'Farrell has been Fentenced on two. charges to nine years' hard labour. Sea Breeze won the Couroing Derby, and Barata tbe Oaks. A vein of gold-bearing quartz has been found at Stawell at a depth of 1 1 10 feet. : Syi>NEY, April 28. The rush to the Palmer diggings still continut s. Sickness is very prevalent there, and the blacks exceedingly troublesome. Northern Queensland has been visited by heavy floods, which compelled many of the people to seek refuge in the tree?. ■: Adelaide;, April 28. * The quarter's expenditure exceeded the revenue by £83,000. The deficiency on the year umounts to £200,000. A very high tidal flood at Port Pi ice submerged the township. :
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 106, 4 May 1875, Page 2
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