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AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Skdney, March 5. Parliament has been summoned to meet on March 17, to deal with military questions only. It is not anticipated that there will be much opposition. At an open air meeting of the laboring classes a vote of censure was passed on the Go- s vernment. There ie some opposition, but' the majority are in favor of the expedition. ~ . In a case which came before him in Chambers, Judge Fawcett said he would not ofier any opiniou on the action of the Government in sending the expedition, except from a legal stand-point; and to his mind it was quite clear that the Go- . vernor, before enlisting an army force, must have the authority of Parliament to enable him to do so, the Legislature alone fixing the number. There has been no further development of smallpox. The Ringarooma’s passengers are still detained in quarantine. The hot weather has given way to refreshing showers. Brisbane, March 5. It is stated that Mr Henry Gordon, ■' member for South. Brisbane, has been offered the Postmaster-Generalship. A man at Townsville reported to the police that he shot two blacks in selfdefence. They had insulted his wife.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 10 March 1885, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 10 March 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 10 March 1885, Page 2

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