Australian Telegrams.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3167, 14 April 1879, Page 2

Australian Telegrams.

(Peb s.s. Albion at thb Bluff.)

(Peb Pbess Agency.) Melboubns, April 8. , It is thought there is little probability of Mr Bei-ry getting ri Enabling Act. : Many of the rerenue departments, eg- ~. pecially Jhe customs, show a falling off* - f Revenue for the year, £4,603,730, Bhow-/-ing an increase cv the lait year of .£113,928. i\ >■ h. ■ -;/,. !'i.-:<o;;;V,, 4 7,- ?itil . . i The;lmmigration,.Stock Tax U being felt to press heavily., At a recent meeting of the.tanner* andfellmongersit wass^ated that the tax had beuri the cause of dosing severel, establishments, and pitting at. r> least six hundred men out of emp^sjtmje*t* 'this is mainly owing to the reduced number of sheep, coming,'^,thomwbßt, ; The exhibition Committee hare resblyydtoinvitc the Prince Wales to be present at the opening of the Exhibition ne:tfL|ekrahdithe Governor has undertaken to forward the invitation to the Prince/ but it is^not tb^ughtka will be able to accept. Still; some idle member of the Bojal family will be present. ./J.'.Al/^J,I \U. : Carlisle, formerly of New Zealand, hat an article in the Melbourne Beview on the land tax system of, New, Zealand and Australia. As regards N*W Zealand he H pints out that the variety of expenences in the Tariousprorince's has'been of incalculable value to her, almost every system of dealing witlTthe crown lands has been .tried T and the practice, jmeeess br failure of each has enSbtedltie nailed IGrovernment to frame for the whole PoMntry, a land law 4 which emhodieawhtt ought to be retained and expii^s thai which can best J^kftont.,.,, ! Over 300 men are engaf ed on the Ex--1 >The f drought has been most disastrous. Eain fell yesterday, which has been ) It is reported that a tea serpent fill been seen by a person at JkMvWwfcrau Australia, and said Co be 80 feet long and 2 feet jXWuM. .H VW ' ■ ! Boyd and Mackie's mill at Newstead has been destroyed fire. It was filled: with wheat and flonr. The injaraneeg kniounted to £15,250. ; .Businoisirtill/TerydtilV ]» }{ n-,