POLITICAL.
By telegraph, Press Aass’n, Copyright Received 11,26. a.m., July 5. Melbourne, July 5, In the House the Post Master General, in reply to questions, said the mail eon. tracts were practically but not legally concluded. He declined to say whether the Peninsular and Orient " Companies were parties to the contract. He considered it inadvisable to give further definite information at present. Adelaide, July 5. Parliament has opened. The Governor’s j speech referred to the sound position of the finances, and the prospects of the good ■season, and continued prosperity. The Bills promised include, one for a reduction of the Legislative Council, Franchise, a progressive land tax, purchase of large estates for settlement purposes, and the appointment of two additional Ministers,
Received I 9 a.m., July 6. Sydney, July 5. The censure debate is proceeding, A division is expected early in the morning, A Government victory is assured.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1801, 6 July 1906, Page 2
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