LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Bi/ote, August 30. Melbourne, August 24. Parliament is engaged on the Estimates, and there is a considerable. skirmish. Captain Harrison's trial, for the loss of the Hector in the Western Channel, through alleged negligence, resulted in an acquittal. The tender of a Ballarat firm has been accepted by the Government for the construction of ten locomotives, less the wheels and axles, £2900 each. The flour and wheat market is easier, the maximum price of flour is £IG; New Zealand wheat, 5s 6d; oats, 3s 4£d. Sydney, August 24. A wool ship is loading for California direct. A man named Quilty, at Tumut, was shot in the head through a window. The ball is not extracted, but perhaps the man may recover. £2OO has been offered as a reward. Sales of Tookev's reported at £3l 10s.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 856, 2 September 1871, Page 3
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138LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 856, 2 September 1871, Page 3
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