AUSTRALIAN.
Mewjovshe Saturday. The following stump duties have been proposed by the Government:—one penny on all cheques, ono shilling for every £'50 on biils, and 'is for every hundred pounds on insurance premiums. Melhoubne, Octolferl7. Sfolbrazas Cup. Secundus and Stivunaka aro weaker favourites. Kichmonrl aud Sweetmeat are at 100 to 8. Le Loup is firmer, afe 100 to 7. He is training very satisfactorily, and is a strong favorite for ihe Derby. Java cable advices say that sugar advanced 70s ti ton 'list week. In London sugar advanced 40s last wenk. There is a great gdranee in France, where the beet crop is bad. -The Melbourne market h excited, and sugar is selling at from 20s to 30s advance. Brisbane, October 17. Four miners at the Care Creek hare been attacked by blacks, and their tent ransacked. (Fbom Auckland Star.) The rush on Savanaka has ceased. He is backed to win £14,000. Secundus is firm at 6 to 1, Le Loup at 100 to 7, and Nellie at 100 to 10. liespife is considered favorite for the Maribyrnong. . . It is beiieved that Sydney will win the three great events.
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3378, 20 October 1879, Page 2
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189AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3378, 20 October 1879, Page 2
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