AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
GENERAL ITEMS. Svi>xkv. 'l'iii- day. The report of the Parliamentary Select Committee favors the con-rnietioti of a tunnel in preference to lite bridge connecting Sidney with North Sydney. and recommends that if the Government intends to carry out the work in a reasonable time it -iiotild not j,'rant concessions to any private syndicate. Mr.i.lwi iwk. This day. The wheat market is excited. Sales took place yesterday at •">* :4d. while 1. ">00 b»K* were placed in the country at equal to ">s 6d. Ai-hi.aii>k. Oct. "22. The Cycling Committee has upheld Martin's suspension for two months. ('OOKTOWN, Oct. 22 Advice- from New Guinea state that Sir \V. Macgregor after ascending Mount Scratchier discovered a large stretch of mairnuicent country in which are -plendid I.ikt T! <• native- proved friendly and are d<~et!li. <i is tile finest specimens of the name race in New <»uinea.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 152, 22 October 1896, Page 3
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