AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
i - (Per, Hero.) > Melbourne, June 12. The Government will probably propose a carriage tax as a substitute for tolls, also move for the construction of railways towards the South Australian border. " ; The SiSgar Company will probably raise the prices in a day or two. A prospecting "vote aud loan will form part of the Government policy. An insolvent named Pyke has been sen*e T 1( ?. e _ d . t0 fo«r months imprisonment for fraudulent preference. ..-..„.,.. ' _ , Sydney, June 12. Mr Parkes has given notice of Committee of the whole House to consider Sir -William Jervois' report, and the expediency of making military preparations for colonial defence. , , The ordinary revenue, is estimated . Ut £1^557,000, and the expenditure at _585,0p6, less. A loan of £1,400,000, including £150,000 for immigration, lighthouses £61,000, and telegraph extension £75,000, will be proposed. Rush has decided not< to, nse the -didlng seat. -; r ■ -■ ■-• ___ „,; . . Brisbane. June 12. '.*. The, Religious Worship Bill has been passed. " ' ' *- The Government will construct railways from Oxley to Beenligh, from Ipswich to Harnsville, and from Brisbane to Sandgate. •
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 142, 18 June 1877, Page 2
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174AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 142, 18 June 1877, Page 2
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