AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Hero.) Melbourne, June 12. The Government will probably propose a carriage tax as a substitute for tolls. They . will also move for the construction of a railway towards the South Australian border. Tho Sugar Company will probably raise their prices in a day or two. A prospecting vote and loan will form part of the Government policy. The insolvent Pyko lias been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for fraudulent practices. Adelaide, June 12. A steerage passenger named Bai'low suicided from the steamer South Australian, by jumping overboard. Sydney, June 18. Hodgeson, a miner, was found hanging in a hut, and is supposed to have committed suicide owing to starvation. Mr Parkos has given notice of a committee of the whole House to consider Sir W. Jervoise's l-eporfc, and the expediency of making naval and military preparations for the colonial defence. The ordinary revenue is estimated £1,557,000, and the expenditure at £85,000 less.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3936, 19 June 1877, Page 2
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154AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3936, 19 June 1877, Page 2
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