AUSTRALIAN, TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2336, 28 August 1875, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN, TELEGRAMS.

' ' '• ' MEfjnoUßNK,' 'August 18, It In proposed to rnakp up tho doAcionoy of two hundred thqiisftijd pounds by taxing largo landholders to the fnlloafc oxtont, so ns to burst up the large landed 'cstato. , Tho protective duties nro'W bo all retained, nnd Increased it necessary. It is said that tho Ministry Intend io thovr tho Uppor llouso that thoy wll^briiig. tjhom to tho will of iho'pcoplo, / 1 / r Intercolonial free trado la also, part of tho programme. ' f ' '< " \ A publican named Ifowilrd' murdered a woman with whom ho cohabited through jealouey. ' ' ' , ■ Tho barman camo to lior rescue, 'when lie too was stabbed, and died Instantaneously. Tho prisoner romafned beside the, body of tho woman, and was quite u'neohcorued; ' When arrested he said ho came 01 ft race who knew how to avengo an insult, Leo Muralui is a brilliant success., „ • ■■■ John Dunn, tho wolUknown aotor, foil dead on hia way to tho theatre) Sydnoy, August 18, Whito'hHS been charged with attempting to brlbo a member of tho A'f»icrably,'nnd Imb beon sentenced to thrccj years imprisonment.