INTERCOLONIAL.
(By Blrotbxo Telegraph—Copyright. 1 [Per Press Association.]
DIVORCE EXTENSION BILL, Sydney, March 19.
(Received March 19, 1888, at 2.10 p.m.)
Nothing has yet been heard of the fate of Sir Alfred Stephens’s Divorce Extension Bill, which was sent Home for the Queen’s approval many months ago. The 1 Telegraph ’ says that underhand influences are at work to shelve it, and accuses the Church of England and the Legislative Council minority of attempting to excite the feeling of the Home authorities against it.
CHINESE LEGISLATION. Melbourne, March 19. The Premier is about to ask the other colonics to combine to draw up a report on Chinese legislation for the benefit of Lord Salisbury.
THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS,
Melbourne, March 19,
Commissioner Speight, in a report on the railways of the colony, says that they are worth more than the amount of Victoria’s debt, and that despite the damages incurred by the Windsor accident the next balance-sheet will be a satisfactory one.
A BIG STEAMER. Melbourne, March 19. The Messageries Maritime Company are building a large steamer for the Australian trade. The vessel will steam eighteen knots, and her tonnage will be 8,- r )00.
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Evening Star, Issue 7474, 19 March 1888, Page 2
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193INTERCOLONIAL. Evening Star, Issue 7474, 19 March 1888, Page 2
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