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AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY.

(PER AUSTRALIA AT AUCKLAND.) Sydney, August 15. Walter, a German trader, has been committed. for trial for absconding with £I2OO belonging to his creditors. In the Victorian Legislative Council, Sladeu has given notice to move a new clause in the Reform Bill, reducing the qualification for members to freehold property valued at £125 instead of £250. Anderson has given notice that the number of members be 40, and the provinces increased to 8. At Adelaide, Boucaufc moves that the land tax be sixpence in the pound on annual value. A readjustment of the Customs duties ensues immediately. The Knpunda Rabbit Preserving Company shipped 42,000 pounds rabbit flesh by the Cuzco, aud sends 61,000 pounds by the Aconcagua. The Vow Caledonian own correspondent to the Sydney Herald says that the’total number •>f victims known to have been massacred i* close upon 150. Thirty-two dead bodies of Kanakas have been found ; everyone died of gunshot wounds. The latest news is that a detachment of infantry surprised the rebels at a village named Ambo, killed twenty, then burnt the village and a considerable quantity of provisions, &c. In this encounter a second column of soldiers, who approached on the other side by night, were by mistake fired upon by their comrades, fortunately without any injurious result, ere their error was discovered. It is reported that the insurgents are becoming nard up-for provisions, as must of course he the case, they having no means of storing any quantity of food even if they possessed it. There is nothing new from the revolted districts, Ad p irts of the Island are perfectly piiet. Offici d information has been received that troops will arrive from Franco and Cochin China.

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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5429, 21 August 1878, Page 2

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285

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5429, 21 August 1878, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN SUMMARY. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5429, 21 August 1878, Page 2

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