CABLE NEWS.
Per Press Association.
, SHANGHAI, June 4. Tbe Japanese have oapturad Eeehung. In the fight tbe Chinese lest three hundred.
SYDNEY, June 5. Tbe Legislative Assembly fn still sitting and no progress iB made with tbe business owing to the obstructive faetios of the Opposition. The speaker applied tbe oloaure to Mr Thomas Rope, member for Argyle, whoi was mfeking a stonewall speech and had spoken for three hours.
Reports are iQ^oircuUtion that Mr Eddy waß offered a salagy pfc&lO.C; J with Tiro years' engagemeol tJ by tbe Yiotorian Government to set the railways of tbe colony in order.
Replying to a question in the Legisla« tive Assembly! the Minister of Railways said he knew nothing of this arrangement. There seems little possibility of the House agreeing to increase iv Eddy's salary. The House might vote a salary of L4OOO if Eddy were appointed sole commissioner, but the Government is unlikely to accept tbw.-: -' . to* MELBOURNE, June 5. The Presbytery of North Melbourne has approved of the * acceptance of tbe Bey "Mr Hewitson'a call to Knox Ohm oh, Dunedin. The members of tbe Presbytery highly eulogise Mr Hewitt* son's work. '
Under tbe new tariff the duty on horses is abolished*
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 3037, 5 June 1895, Page 2
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