AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Melbourne, October 22. The proposed stamp duties have been modified, making a minimum of payment LSO ; and maximum, LSOO. The postal difficulty between Victoria and South Australia is still unadjusted. [special.] Melbourne, October 20. The Melbourne Sugar Company has raised the prices LI all round. Sydney, October 17. The rush on Savanaka has ceased. He has been backed for L 44,000. Secundus is firm at 6 to 1 ; Le Loup, at 100 to 7 ; Nellie, at a 100 to 17. For the Derby— 100 to 10 against Respite. October 20. A married woman named Jones attempted to shoot a rival. She chased her through a paddock in Waterloo suburb, Sydney, firing four shots from a j revolver, all slightly wounding her victim. Some men intervened, and wrenched the revolver from her. They found 14 cartridges on the woman. A match for L4OO has been mad* between Trickett and H. M'Lean. The backers of the latter, if successful, will back him for LIOOO against the champion.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3487, 23 October 1879, Page 2
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