AUSTRALIA.
[Eeutee’s Telegrams.]
[Received August 12, at 12.30 p.m.] MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION. BRISBANE, August 12, Mr Macdonald Patterson, PostmasterGeneral, has resigned owing to differences with his colleagues on the Budget proposals, which include a Land tax of a penny in the £ on the unimproved value of land. [Received J uly 13, at 1.30 a.m.] THE MARKETS. ADELAIDE, AUGUST 12, Wheat is dull at 8s 9d to 3s lOd. Town flour is quoted at .£9 6s to -£9 15a, country brands JEB 5s to .£8 10s. SYDNEY, August 12. New Zealand wheat is at 3s 6d, Now Zealand oats at Is Od to 2s 3d, maize 3s 4d, potatoes 3os to 455.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 8247, 13 August 1887, Page 5
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