LOCAL OPTION BILL IN MELBOURNE.
, MELBOURNE, August 14. The polling took place to-day upon the licensing question. The majority of votes was in favor of limiting the number of public-bouses in the city. SYDNE?, August U. Arrived: The Ocean, at Cooktown. Sailed : City of New York, for Auckland. THE KELLYS STICK UP ANOTHER BANK. The Kslly gang stuck up the Commercial Bank at Sarcefield, and robbed it of everything. They held the township completely for several hours. MELBOURNE. Pollio, an outsider is backed for 7000 to 140 to win the Melbourne Cup; Democrat, at 100 to 4 supplanting tho New Zealand horse, Le Loup, who stands firm at 100 to 5; 1000 to 30 is booked against Barriwell. ADELAIDE., "Wheat is offering at 5s 2d; buyers will give ss. Sailed: Arawata, for New Zealand, with Suez mails. SIDNEY. Thirteen Chinese prisoners, charged with murder, and handed over by the English to the Chinese authorities, suffered barbarous torture before execution. It is now stated they were innocent. The cholera in a few days has swept away 3,100 people in Japan. General Grant met with,a royal reception from the Mikado.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1115, 16 August 1879, Page 2
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188LOCAL OPTION BILL IN MELBOURNE. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1115, 16 August 1879, Page 2
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