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[Reuter's Agency.] Sydney, Nov. 23. The Chinese Question* At to day’s sitting of the Conference of Committees of the Legislative Council and Assembly for the consideration of the Influx of Chinese Restriction Bill» the question of a £lO poll-tax oh all Chinese coming into the colony by land was discussed at length, and the representatives of the Council ultimately agreed to accede to the demand of the Assembly for a retention of the clauses providing for the imposition of the tax. The English Cricketers* A match between the English team and twenty-two of Maitland, Now South Wales district, was concluded at that town to-day, and resulted in a draw in favor of the Englishmen. Adelaide, Nov. 24. CotopaxiArrived, this morning—Orient steamer Cotopaxi, from New Plymouth, Sir George Cumine Strahan, Governor of Tasmania, is a passenger. Melbourne, Nov. 24. The Totalisator* In the Legislative Assembly to-day a Bill to legalise the totalisator was rejected by a majority of six.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2710, 25 November 1881, Page 2
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159AUSTRALIAN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2710, 25 November 1881, Page 2
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