AUSTRALIA.
[bBUXBB'S TE-EGB4MB.J Melbocesb, April 2-3 p Arrived —Rmgarooma. ' t SxnußY, April £5 | Patna rice, £20 to £22; sugar, £30 L I candles, 7*d to Bd. ' MU *» l Four hundred and seventy carpanters at r" tho International Exhibition held out for »» ' increase of 3d, namely Is 6d an hour. Sir ' H. Parkea refusing the concession, the Btrft. - is gradually collapsing. i Adk-aidb, March 25 5 Flour, £11 5i to £11103. ' I
Parliament has been prorogued to 23th *- May. !, f Hobabt Towir, April 25 " The Treasurer has introduced hia flnagcial I statement. There is an estimated deficit of f £36,000, oxolusive of £73,500 interest on ■ railways. The deficit is to be covered* by an ' increase in the property and incoma fazes of '■ two and a half per oent.
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Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4287, 26 April 1879, Page 2
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