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. Sydney, Thursday An action for £10,000 damages for slander, brought by John Shepherd, M.L.C., against G. R. Dibbs, merchant, for uttering alleged slander, charging Shepherd with immoral conduct with Mrs J. C. Dibbs, for whom ho was acting as solicitor in a suit in the Divorce Court, has resulted in a verdict for plaintiff with £2,000 damages. The Stamp Duties Bill, which was sent a second time to the Legislative Council has been again rejected by the Chamber on constitutional points. London, March 9. Consols, 97£. Wheat, dull ; prices unchanged. At the wool sale to-day, 6,700 bales were catalogued ; biddings were firm. March 10. The Royal Commission has approved of the proposal that the surplus of Church funds should be applied to the purchase of waste lands in Ireland. Paris, March 9. la the French Senate to-day, Jules Ferry's Education Bill was under discussion, and the clause prohibiting the education of Jesuits was thrown out after a lengthy debate had taken place on the subject.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 57, 12 March 1880, Page 2
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