THE COMMONWEALTH.
STATE POLITICS. . ■• MELBOURNE, March 17. Sir A. Peacock has resigned Hie leadership of the Opposition in the Stale Assembly. Mr Donald •Mackinnon has succeeded him HOISART, March 17. In the Assembly the Address-in-Reply whs adopted. • The Treasurer delivered ills Financial Statement, showing that the .year closed with a deficiency of £21.000 due to the smallpox outbreak. The estimated revenue for. the current year is £BOI,OOO and expenditure £849,000. Ho will submit * piopoijal (o remit £30,000 from the personal exertion lax, coupled with a proposal for an occupuncy tnx. The debate was adjourned till Tuesday.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 18 March 1904, Page 2
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