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THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (I'ER TBESS ASSOCIATION). London, September 19. Mr Buxton, Undersecretary for th 6 Colonies, replying to a question, said tho Goveromont had agrcod to suhsidiso to tho extout of X' 200,000 a railway to Bochuanaland for strategic and trado purposes. Sir K. Grey, replying to a question, said the land claims of both the English and tho French in the New Hebrides were vague. The hitter's were extensive, though they cultivated nbout a hundred acres onlj\ Tho Liberal Federation passed with enthusiasm a resolution regretting tho want of patriotism, und the prejudiced conduct of tho llouso <>f Lords in rojectmg tho Homo Rule Hill, wherom they displayed conduct similar to that shown over other reforms during tho century, aud in ado thomsolvos a gravious hindrauco to good government. The resolution ended by declaring that the llouso ought to bo abolished. Lord Carrington wroto a letter approving tho views of the Federation. Mr Clough, M. IJ.,1 J ., for Portsmouth, urged that if the House wore not abolished it ought to bo reconstituted on an electoral basis.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 70, 20 September 1893, Page 2
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