INTERCOLONIAL
[Per Press Association.]
SYDNEY, J one 8. (Received June 8,1893, at 12.15 p.m.)
The Village Settlements Bill was thrown out in the Legislative Assembly. The Crown Lauds Labor Settlement Bill, which has been substituted for it, proposes to grant land leases to boards of control, who will be empowered to establish industries and apportion the profits to the members The Goverrnment will advance sums ranging from £ls to £25 per head to these boards, who will repay the amount with 4 per cent, interest added. The New South Wales Athletic Association have adopted, with several alterations, the scheme passed by the New Zealand Association on May 17 for carrying out the first of a series of Australasian championship meetings. The scheme has now been referred to the Victorian Association. MELBOURNE. June 8. The Railway Commissioners have dispensed with 'the services of Mr Allison Smith, head of the locomotive depaitnient.
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Evening Star, Issue 9154, 8 June 1893, Page 2
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150INTERCOLONIAL Evening Star, Issue 9154, 8 June 1893, Page 2
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