Australian Telegrams.
Pee s.s. Tababua.
(Pee Pbess. Agency..)
BLUFF.
This day. Me£boueite, February 15.
, The Opposition policy, it appears from Berry's speeches on Monday night, has undergone no alteration; that it stillconsists of protection and the breaking up of large estates, but no land tax.
Candidates are being daily announced! for the se¥erarconstituencies^ !
Parliament is not likely to be dissolved before the end, of March. Until then! there will be'no ministerial deliverance. \
The heavy rain on Monday night was joyfully received, being the first rainfall for six weeks. Numberless sheep and cattle have died from starvation. i
The Union Bank intend erecting new premises in Collins street on a site re* cently purchased for £33,000.
Three theatres and a large circus, are now open in Melbourne, besides other amusements.
A woman was killed, by lightning, and two women were swept away by the flood last Monday night.
The Stevensons have given notice to the Crown that they intend to discontinue their actions. Tasmanian advices announce a deficiency in the hop crop this year. ; Breadstuff's continue firm. . ;
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2536, 21 February 1877, Page 2
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176Australian Telegrams. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2536, 21 February 1877, Page 2
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