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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 22, 23 February 1884, Page 3

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I Special to "Star." bedteb's telegrams. Received February 23, 1.5 p.m. ' r.ovDON. February 22. Tn fhe Rouse of Commons last evenin-, Brnrtlauirh's letters to the Speaker, in which the former staled that hr would 1 not appear at the bar of the House to claim his right to sit as a representative for Northampton until ihenVcision thereon had been »iven by the law nonrts, was laid upon the table. Sir Stafford North cote, the leader of the Opposition fhereunon moved thas the House should re- ' affirm the resolutions passed on the 11th ; inst., excluding Bradl:iugh from the , Chamber and from the precincts Jof the Palace. The motion was carried by a large majority. Melbourne, This Day. The Age to-day publishes a telegram from the special correspondent at Hobart ! stating that while the Union Steamship Wairarapa was racine fhe steamship Adelaide to the hrad«, a collision occurred between the two vessels. It is estimated 1 that the repairs to the Wairarapa will cost fully £1000. The passengers on board expressed great indignation at the occurrence. (pee united phess association.) Wellington, This Day. In the Presbyterian AssemMv this morning a lone discussion took place o > the present : dura'ion Ad regard ing religious instruction in day schools. A motion was carried to the effect that a return to denominationalism would be disastrous. Dunedin, This Day. Kaces. Hurdles Karera won easily by three lengths. Hopeful Stakes— Watersprite Colt 1, Lady Evelyn 2, Rubina 3.