Australian Summary.
(Peu 8.8. Abawata at the Bivrr.)
(Pie Pbess Aobkct.) ■
The Grateful Bain. Meiboubkx. The most important event of the week has been the welcome rain which has : fallen, but which, though insufficient, will be salvation to the crops, which have already suffered, while the creeks and ] dams were so empty that many stations were unable to wash the sheep. The rainfall for this year is still nearly six inches below the average for the last twenty years. The Hon. Graham Berry is still ill, but
not seriously. Thurston, the present Colonial Secretary of Fiji, lias been appointed Secretary to the High Commission on Polynesia in conjunction with his present office. . Liberal Measures for Victoria , In the Assembly Sladen's Reform Bill' . provides several liberal reforms for.widen*'. ing the basis of representation. Tbe Meat Preserving Company's books show £139,000 to bad on the half-year. The loss is attributed to the operation of the stock tax and loss on shipment* to England. If the stock tax is not repealed the company will probably be wound up. The Aborigines Society reports an . increase in the mortality amongst the natives, chiefly from lung disease.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3372, 13 October 1879, Page 2
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191Australian Summary. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3372, 13 October 1879, Page 2
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