AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
(PER S.S. ALBION, AT HOKITIKA.)
Free Trade Policy in Victoria.
Eush to the Palmer.
Increased Taxation in Queensland.
(Per Press Telegram Agency.)
MELBOURNE. Wednesday, April 28. Although Parliament meets within », month there is no indication of Government policy forthcoming, but there ara romoori
abroad that Mitistera do intend to throw off the protectionist mask and appear in the free trade garb. The Commissioner of Customs is still ill, but it is said that he is anxious to *•*>* about again in order to announce his reJ) ation. There will be great fiscal changes c is no doubt. yFarrell has been sentenced on two jges to nine years' hard labour. It is •yet uncertain whether the other charges will :be proceeded with. Heavy i-ains have fallen all over the •country, doing much benefit. Pleuro-pneumonia has appeared amongst the cattle at Shepperton; numbers died. The new Scotch Church, Collins-street, is completed. Sea Breeze won the Coursing Derby, and Baratta the Oaks. Everything is very dull. A vein of gold-bearing quartz was found in the Prince Patrick mine, Stawell, at a depth of 1,110 feet. Three men were charged at the Supreme Court with polluting their yards by depositing filth there. One was fined £30, and the other dismissed.
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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1627, 4 May 1875, Page 2
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