AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
GENERAL ITEMS. ( Per P i rss A sxoci at ion.—L 'opyriylit.) Sydney, This day. Private information has been received in the city that a vessel supposed to be the Wesleyan mission schooner Meda is ashore a total wreck at East Cape, New Guinea. The passengers, including a number of missionaries, and crew are supposed to be safe. The Meda and her cargo are insured in the New Zealand office. Brisbane, This day. In the Assembly Mr Glassey moved the second reading of the Electoral Amendment Bill providing for one man one vote. The Acting-Premier carried an amendment that it will not be expedient to adopt the one vote system unless the bill also embodied the principle of equality in voting.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 367, 8 July 1897, Page 3
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122AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hastings Standard, Issue 367, 8 July 1897, Page 3
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