AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
/ (Bl r ELECTIUG TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.) Sydney, June 7. In view of the approaching genera! elections, the Country Party has• issued a manifesto dealing with ques* tions of land reform, local Government, federation of the Australian, colonies, mining on private lands, and- the establishment of a State bank. The Party's platform on landreform includes the abolition of thesale by, auction of Crown lands,, other than town and suburban areas. The ; steamer Chingtu has been released from quarantine. It instated that the bubonic plague is due to the drought iu Hongkong causing' the dirfc to accumulate in streets. June 8. Parliament is practically closed. Melbourne, June 1, Some excitement has been causeck here by the reported intention of theGovernment of New South Wales tolevy toll on wheat and wool crossing the Murray River for carriage to the Victorian seaboard, as a reprisal for the Victorian stock tax. Returns show' that the aggregate import from New South Wales annually is £3,071,000.. The loss on railway freight alone would be £176,000, while the wholestock tax levied last year wa5£77,000.. £77,000.. .
Brisbane, June 7. Hongkong has been declared an infected port.
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Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3424, 9 June 1894, Page 9
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187AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3424, 9 June 1894, Page 9
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