AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.
■ Adelaide, October 20. The Taxation Bill has passed the Assembly. Melbourne, October 20. The rich gold discovery made in the jSTewatead district is supposed to be a continuation of the old reef Which many years ago yielded twenty ounce 3to the ton. ■ Stdney. October 20. The Cahinet has decided not to make any recommendation to the Governor in the cases of the Bank prisoners, Abigail and Macaamara. With regard to Low and Hadfield, they have forwarded certain recommendations to the Governor, which have not at present been made pnblic. Advice ha 3 been received that the German warabip, Moewe, reported last week to be considerably overdue from Zanzibar, is still on the East African station. The Judge, in summing np on the Grasmere riot cases, said he was often surprised that free laborers did not arm themselves to resist the outrages. Without encouraging the use of firearm?, h? considered the men would be justified in using weapons if they had a reasonable idea their lives were endangered. If free men organised and armed themselves, there would be fewer cowardly outrages perpetrated. The prisoners were convicted and sentence deferred.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10139, 20 October 1894, Page 2
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190AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10139, 20 October 1894, Page 2
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