AUSTRALIAN.
[Reuter’s Telegrams.] STONEWALLING. Melbourne, July 4. The debate on the resolutions of the Sydney Convention was resumed in the Assembly last evening, and the discussion continued till midnight; when Mr. Bowron moved for an adjournment. The Government absolutely refused to agree to this, and the House divided with the result that the motion was negatived by 31 to 11. Gaunson, Graves, and others then pursued “ stonewalling ” tactics. The House continued sitting till five o’clock this morning, when the Opposition collapsed, and resolutions were put and carried. SMALL-POX. There is an increasing belief that the disease now prevalent is small-pox, though medical men are si ill unable to decide definitely on the point, RACE SWEEPS. Mr. Berry and the Postmaster-General have ordered the detention of letters addressed to advertisers of sweeps on the Melbourne Cup whose advertisement is published as from Dunedin, HEAVY GALES. Sydney, July 2. A heavy gale has been experienced along the coast, and the American ship Susan Gilmore, 1,204 tons, has been driven ashore at Newcastle, and is expected to become a total wreck. All the crew were saved.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 175, 5 July 1884, Page 2
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183AUSTRALIAN. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 175, 5 July 1884, Page 2
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