AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Prtss Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright PRESBYTERIAN FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.
Adelaide, September 16. The Presbyterian Federal Assembly has appointed a committee: to devise a scheme of incorporated union of the Churches of Australia and' Tasmania, and to report at the next meeting.
VICTORIAN STAMP DUTIES BILL. Melbourne, September 16. The new Stamp Duties Bill is receiving much hostile criticism in the House, especially a clause proposing to tax Life assurance premiums. Mr. Deakin was conspicuous among those who assailed the measure. He predicted that the Bill would cause the financial supremacy of Melbourne to pass away. The second reading was, however, carried by 45 to 32.
THE NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT. mi „ Sydney, September 16. The New South Wales want-of-con-fidence debate is adjourned till Thurs day.
VICTORIAN RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Adelaide, September 16. Lieutenant Esselbeck won the Victorian Rifle Championship, with the total of 242 points.
A BOY MURDERER. Melbourne, September 16. F. Horrocks, a youth of 17, in a good position, who tomahawked a new arrival named Weissmuller, and was sentenced to death, will be executed on September 26.
THE STRIKE OF BUTCHERS. Brisbane, September 16. The Export Company have replaced the butchers who struck.
STRIKE OF SCHOOLBOYS. Adelaide, September 16. The boys in a large suburban school struck against the removal of the master, became riotous, smashed the windows, and damaged the furniture.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8986, 17 September 1892, Page 5
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