AUSTRALIAN NEWS
(nv Bt.KUTIUC rELKIiIIAPH.—C'OI'VIUItHT.) Mkliiouknk, July 0. It is proposed to increase the Uincl forces of Victoria by two additional bittalions, each on a peace footing of 000 men, with a war strength of 1000, and by two battalions of rangers, each corps to be 1000 strong. It is suggested that a Federal force on this basis would provide 12,000 rilics for Australian defence on a peace footing, and doable on a war footing, with an artillery of 7- field guns. July fi. The steamer Mainaru, bound from Cardifl to Now Zealand, has put in here for'repairs, having lost three blades of her propeller. Sydney, July 7. The Herald is of opinioti that the decrease in the number of arrivals from New Zealand is a hopeful sign of returning prosperity. Aoklaidk, July 0. The petition nsking the Queen to remit tho sentence passed by court martial on the Egcrifi prisoners, has been signed by nino thousand people. HoBAiiT, July 5. The Hon. B. S. Bird, the Treasurer, lus tabled a motion iu the House of Assembly sanctioning the purchase of the Tasmanian Main Line Railway for £1,106,500 at 4ft per cent, in inscribed stock.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2806, 8 July 1890, Page 3
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195AUSTRALIAN NEWS Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2806, 8 July 1890, Page 3
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