AUSTRALIAN. THE NEW TARIFF IN VICTORIA.
A SEEIOUS MATTER FOE THE AGENT-GENERAL. | UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I (Reccivd July 18, 0.31 p.m.) Melbourne. This Dat. In tho Legislative Assembly Sir Graham Berry announced that tho increased duties on wines, beer, and spirits aro expected to realise .£200,000 per year. Ho mentioned that it cost the country J3SBO to bring Deeming to justice. Mr. J. Munro, Agent-Goneral for Victoria in London, when in the colony, acted as trusteo to the Laßose estates, which he sold for .£25,000. The estates were subsequently re-purchased by the Boal Estate Bank for .£54,000. The legatees have issued a writ against the trustees for alleged breach of trust, claiming .£25,000 damages. There is a likelihood of Mr. Munro being requested to return, and to explain his connection with tho matter.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 11, 13 July 1892, Page 2
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133AUSTRALIAN. THE NEW TARIFF IN VICTORIA. Evening Post, Volume XLIV, Issue 11, 13 July 1892, Page 2
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