AUSTRALIAN.
;‘HEtTTKJi’s Agency.] ; SubsidenceSydney, May 30. Telegrams are. to hand from Newcastle, reporting that fully one hundred yards of lugall street have subsided, owing to the fall of a coal pit underneath. No loss of life has occurred, nor has any serious damage been done* but as other streets in the town are completely undermined their position is considered dangerous. Suez MailMelbourne, May 30.. Arrived —P. and 0. Company ’&■ Steamship Peshawur, with the English mail via Suez, dated London, 2lsb April. Dangerous GoodsThe “Age,” in an article to-day, draws attention to the serious danger which, it says, threatens Melbourne, in connection with quantities of detonating explosives, which are stored in various places iu the city. FinanceIn the Legislative Assembly this evening Sir Bryan O’Loghlen, Colonial Treasurer, introduced his Financial Statement. Ho estimates the revenue for the present financial year at £5,520,000, and the expenditure at £5,570,000. For the year 1881-82 the revenue was £5,560,000, and the expenditure was £5,370,000. The Statement proposes a reduction of the duties on beer and tea, and also a reduction of present postage rates,
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2865, 31 May 1882, Page 2
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179AUSTRALIAN. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2865, 31 May 1882, Page 2
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