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(REUTER'S TELE&fcAMS.) i . Melbourne*, August 19. In the Assembly last night a aaotion by Mr Bent declaring the tariff proposals of the Government unsatisfactory was 1 r^ej/sctedi by Uto 18- * - . , August 22". ' A jockey named .Williams, who was thrown? whilst iiding in the Steeplechase at Caulfield on Saturday, died last night from the effects of the fall. The intercolonial rifle match was won by New Strath Wales by one poinf over Victoria. - August 23. ) A nugget weighing &17oz has been ioanxL at the Midas mine, Maryborough, Sydney, August 20. ' The stsamer Thinan,' which arrived yesterday froM Hongkong, has been placed in, quarantine in consequence of a modified easeof smallpox on board. The patient is a Chinese boy. August 23. A general strike is threMe n ed amongst the miters at the Lambton coLVteries. Brisbane, August 20. Replying to a deputation whlfch waited upon him yesterday, the Premier" strongly 1 favoured a reciprocity treaty b^ twe en Queensland and Victoria. Adelaide, August 19. The Treastmsr delivered his Financiaf Statement in the Assembly last evening. I The actual deficit, he stated, was £1,108,000. Ht estimated the expenditure for the current year at £2,197,872, and the revenue at £2,226,82*8", The country, he said, demanded Protection, and it must be given a trial. He proposed to practically adopt the Victorian tariff. August 23. In the Jubilee Chess Congress now being: held here Mr Henry Hookham, of New Zealand, has been brilliantly defeated 1 in the , fif to 1 round of the tournament by his oppoBteriU,- Hit Hall, HOBART, August 18. I'he 1 CJoVernmeub scheme of taxation includes a t&x- of ifd in the pound on land and of 3d on incomes 5 .
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Otago Witness, Issue 1866, 26 August 1887, Page 13
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