VICTORIA.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9890, 17 January 1895, Page 2

VICTORIA.

Melboubne, Wednesday. Wheat, brisk, at 2i 2d; flonr (roller), £5 7« 6d ; oats, Algerian 1b 3d, stoat white Is ; bran, 6d ; pollard, 6£d ; potatoes, Is lOd to 2s.

A splendid sample of hemp, 14 feet high, grown in East Gippsland, ban reached tbe Agricnltural Department, and it is stated that hemp will grow to advantage in the district.

The Newport freezing works have made a concession of one eighth of a penny per pound on freights to London, and makes a similar rednotion in freezing ohargas cm the February shipments.

The Legislative Council has rejected the Aliens Bill, which reduces the fees for naturalisation and recognises the naturalisation papers of other colonies. Daring the debate on the Premier's statement that Sir J B. PottetsWii, exPremier, had approved generally 6i the notions of the Goveurment, odo of tho labor representatives protested strongly against the aofclon of the Government*, alleging that the House of Representatives bad been insulted by the Legislative Council, and that the backdown by the Turner Government was worse than anything displayed by the late Government. Mr A. Deakin feared the Government had not realised the seriousness of the posltioD, and said he regarded the fall in the colony's stocks due to tbe rejection of the Land Tax Bill. Tbe action of the Government, he thought, amounted to almost sacrifice of principle, and he coneldered tbe Government might hive adopted a coarse which would linvo asserted tbe right of the Lower Chamber. Thia, he conduced, wonld have been better fur the Government and the country.

(Received January 17, 12.50 a.m.

The man travelling under the alias of Count Volaaco has been sentenced to two years' Imprisonment on a ohargo of obtaining money under false pretences, OS recently mentioned in the cablegrams.