AUSTRALIAN NEWS
(BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION,) Protection for Victorian Farmers. Melbourne, Februarys. In view of tho approaching elections, tlio Victorian fanners have issued a manifesto urging that a duty of 25 per cent, ad valorem bo imposed on imported wheat; a duty of 3s on imported cereah, peas, and maize; und £1 a ton on potatoes; 4d per lb on butter, cheese, and bacon; a bounty for exported wheat on a sliding scale, and bonuses for its culture and fruit growing: Trades Congress* Hobart February 6, At tlio trades congress to-day tho presi dent oxpressed tho hope that their labours would result in tlio inauguration of a legal and compulsory Court of arbitration which would prevent striker unci lockouts
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6324, 8 February 1889, Page 2
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