AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
([IV KLKLTiIIC TKl.Will.\PH — COI"YR;.;H r.) .MKIiUOUUXK, JitllUiiiy 8. 'I'm: /.ilinnki nun purchased some tini<-Mμ" by Victoria, bus been taken over by, the Imperiil Government, and tln> colony thus f,'f>N rid of wh.ti. look-wl like h w..iie eliMirmit. T'ne first mini to ilic. I'liiled Kingdom uiiri'T tlit' 2Ad rntc of postage, shows iiM increase of f>o per cut. over flu.' number of letters fovwnr'lj;! linger the eld tiirill , . Then , is ecu-iduabit; <.xc'iiei;ii:iil in Tii«i!i:iin::]i silver stocks, and ;i boom lias set in. SvnNKV, ilaiiUiiry •-!. It. has been discovered that Jji-n----uott, thi> lute of the Piiddins;ton branch of the English and Scot fish (Jhnrteral Bank, p-rK-triited Ins frauds with groat ingenuity. He appears to have opemtei isi.ioi the London Chartered Bunk, as well as hU own Bank, by means of title .i.-eds and other Ke.jnri;ies. '1 he defalcations amount to fully f'Jn.UDO. \ sculliiii? race between McLean and Stuiibiiry for £21)0 a-sirle and 'he championship of t'iu world, has been arranged. The race will be ro.ved towards the end of April January 9. Mr S. Hojdetn, of Sydney, who is forming a stud in New South Wales is purchasing high quality mares in England. The Australasian, r-r.i'errmg to ilv Jlordem's piiruhiises in New Zealand, states that buyers may sr i to England for the next 20 years and not obtain aich a collection of mares us were sold at Sylvia Turk. The labour leaders are conferring with ii view to abolishing tho system of middle-men. liUlsisAXK, January 9.
A solieinf? is bring discussed at Thursday island to have that and the other island-i in Torros Srruits oreotud into u separate State under the federal authority of Australia. Tutjiishav Island, January 8.
A tribe of Head Hunters have annihilated a village of forty inhabitant.? (inil are preparing to tako the next villiisre, which is next to the residence of Mr Omeron, the Government agent, whom they also threaten to attack. A force of constabulary lias houu sent from Moresby to protect Mr Cameron.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 3
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331AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 3
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