AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
GENERAL ITEMS. Sydney, This day. A movement is on foot to erect a memorial to Mr Eddy. "With a view to test the customs duties to be removed from sugar, candles, kerosene, and other oils the Hon Mr Lyne moved the adjourn incut of the Assembly to call attention the alleged evil effects of diminishing the duties. The Government accepted this as a motion of censure, and after a long debate the motion was negatived by 5:3 to 30. Adelaide, This Day. Baroness Burdett-Coutts has contributed to the colonial Bishopric Fund the necessary amount to endow the Bishopric of Adelaide. The Railway Commissioners have reported that the proposal to connect South and West Australia by railway will cost £1,000,000. The West Australia Government, however, oppose the scheme at present owing to the large expenditure. Cooktown, This day. Further details of the massacre in New Guinea show that several whites and a number of natives were murdered.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 360, 30 June 1897, Page 3
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