NEWS BY CABLE.
Australian.
Melbourne, September 20. Tho Houso last night passed a resolution inoroasing tho duty on woollen manufactures to 80 per cent. Mr M' Loan's motion raising the duty on maize, beans, peas, and hops was oarried.andalso a motion increasing tho duty on wheat to 2a lid. per cental. The Government has received information that at a meeting of the colonial Agents-General in London it was decided to ask tho Imperial Government to intervene to prevent
the concession to an American com-] panyol the exclusive right to the land telegraph and cables in Hawaii. Adelaide, September 20. Bishop Kennion has petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury not to consecrate Canon Smith Bishop of Sydney till the question of the validity of his election has been settled,
Sydney, September 20. The Trades and Labour Council has decided to promote a Bill prohibiting the introduction into New South Wales of foreign or British workmen under agreements or contracts, • Weaver, who was sentenced to death at Fiji for the rnurdor of Captain Greenless, has had his penalty commuted to imprisonment for life. Arrived- Janet Nicol, from Lyttolton.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3315, 21 September 1889, Page 2
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185NEWS BY CABLE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3315, 21 September 1889, Page 2
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