AUSTRALIAN NEWS
[BT ELECTRIC TELBUB4I-lI—CoiTKIOHT.] Pbr Prkss Association.) Received July 23. at 11.44 n.m. Sydney, July 23. The judgment- obtained against the Daily Telegraph for libelling a candidate at the recent, election in classifying him as a. Socialist was set aside bv the Bull Court. The Chief Justice held that the Jidpe in. the lower Court should' havedcl termin&d that there was no evidence upon whicn a rational verdict for the plaintiff could be found: A. meeting of country fl-jur mil.'c.-fi . forme.'"!' an- prcocintion and resolved to discontinue the absurd practice of .Tcl'ing forward 'delivery beyond' three months. Melbourne, July 23. T.=c Festal Rates Bill lias becii introduced in the HoiKe of Reprreclitativcs. It provides for- a- penny letter rate. Barlclie, the chauffeur of the car which ki'led the Rev. Mr Gillctt on .June 9th, has been acquitted on a charee of manslaughter. Brisbane, July 23. Parliament was opened n-y Commission. Tlie labor PaTty took ..icir seats on the Opposition cross benches.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9590, 24 July 1907, Page 1
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162AUSTRALIAN NEWS Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9590, 24 July 1907, Page 1
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