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Melbotjene, February 28. — The Victorian Parliament is to be dissolved on the 9th March, and Mr Francis's (the Chief Secretary) election address will appear next day. The elections are likely to cause great excitement. The New Guinea Colonisation movement is progressing strongly, and the promoters intend asking for the cession of 10,000 acres of land from the natives. Sydney, February 28. — Mr M'Leary has presented his natural history collection and £7000 to the Sydney University. The Palmer River rush is over, and all who can are returning. Numbers are dying on the road of starva'ion and exhaustion. The township is almost completely deserted, and provisions are so scas'ce that they are at famine prices, while to add to the misery the rivers are flooded.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 46, 14 March 1874, Page 8
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125AUSTRALIA New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 46, 14 March 1874, Page 8
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