AUSTRALIA.
ELECTORAL REFORM. SYDNEY, March 15. The Legislative Council has passed the Electoral Reform Bill. ESTIMATED DEFICIT. MELBOURNE, March 15.
It ia estimated that the revenue for 1893-94 will be £700.000 below the expenditure, and the Government cannot see its way to reduco the expenditure by more than £500,000. In order to raise the balance it will probably impose an Tacoma tax on all salaries over £2OO per annum. THE ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN BANK.” Staples, Norwood and Haroldson, Directors of tha Anglo-Australian Bank, were to-day sentenced to five years’, two years’ and six months’ imprisonment respectively, on charges in connection with the management of the institution. Tha sentences on the other defendants were deferred.
SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH. BRISBANE, March 15. Sir Samuel Griffith is gazetted Chief Justice.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIX, Issue 9987, 16 March 1893, Page 5
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