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[Reuteb's Telegrams peh Pbess Agbncx] Stdnet. Friday. A strike has taken place on the Queensland railway, all the employes, from the clerks downwards, having struck. A serious row ensued, and the police were stoned. The Brisbane Guardian plant has been sold for £600. The Council has rejected on the second reading the Electoral Bill received from the Assembly, which provides for the increase of the numper of members to one hundred and fifteen. Commercial.— Brandies, kerosene, and rice are unchanged, New Zealand wheat, 58 3d, New Zealand oats, 4s to 4s 6d. Barrett's twist tobacco, Is 6d to Is 6d^. Sugars and candles are unchanged. The New Zealand bull Duke of Cambridge has been sold for 420 guineas. The Duke of Newcastle is reserved at £2000. Adelaide, Friday. Wheat, 5s 9d. Flour, £12 10s to £13. Melbourne, Friday. The steamer Barrabool spoke the ' " *J off Cape Patterson, nine days nnf • f I g™ «» of coal. To ut, a«a short ut- Saturday* •rtlliards last night 750 ttp> Roberts gave j Shorter 175, and was beaten by 363, I
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 106, 4 May 1878, Page 2
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179INTERCOLONIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 106, 4 May 1878, Page 2
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