VICTORIA.
Tho difficulty between the Government and tho Banks is still unsettled, tho latter declining to amond their proposals. Tho Japanese Government granted sovon thousand pounds to secure ofliciont roprosentation at tho Melbourne Exhibition. Tho Argus O3timatos tho yiold of Victorian gold lnst year at 715,0000z5. , a dooreaso of 38,784 oz?. Tho Mining Department cstimatos tho yield at 700,355 0z3. , but thoir data is known to bo unreliable. In Melbonrno tho Irish famine funds amount to L3OOO. J. T. Olarke gave L5OO. A number of gontlomon gavo lilOO each. Tho Goulbourn Valley railway, tapping tho richest whoat country in Victoria, was oponod on tho 13th inst. Tho total cost of tho lino is L 1.33,000.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2402, 20 January 1880, Page 2
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