AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
1■ t i (Per Wakatipu} at . Wellington. )J.,".'J <Vj s *•■»,-" • •< Sydney, Juiy^th. I',:1 ',: A number of spurious banknotes ate^in<l circulation here. 1 _ ; A, proposal, is, before the Assembly, to make the honorarium £300 per* annum! /J Ji
•'■ ' ' "Melbourne, July 2iJtjbi/ '*'' i A new loan will probably be proposed by " ! the Government : for defences ' arid railway purpoaes. •' ."• '../'.,> ,-'..]iiioJ ; Owing' to ill health; Sir Barrywill'not returhvto the colony until, the 'lull"' period of his leave expires.'- '" " "•* > ->-> ' ' i>ri - ' < Spark has'been scratched f for ; 'lhe;*Mel» I ' 7 bourne Cup. .*. *< v ;o ; ;- ' / ;rr ; The commissioners for the Paris Exhibition report there isjiotjiime to hold a preliminary exhibition, but they call attention to the desirability- of an InterColonial Exhibition in Melbourne. , " ' ! •' -";• ■• i. j. : • j '} ..- (BRISBANE..^ , A motion to repeal tne duty on hemp ha* been -carried, in ithe Legislative Assembly.]? A .motion to .reduce by one-halt th«;duty oa| leaf tobacco was withdrawn.. -/v],- , , i <,{,•*. -uj
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Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 14
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151AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Otago Witness, Issue 1341, 11 August 1877, Page 14
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