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£Per s.s. Te Anau, at Russell. J LONDON, August 4. The British troops at Oabul, under command of General Roberts, include 60tb, 92ad and 72nd infantry regiments, and the 6th Regiment of Lancers. The Select Committee of the House _of Ooommons, appointed to consider the question of water supply, hare condemned the agreement made by the Hon. G. A. Cross, late Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the Metropolitan Water Company, and suggest the propriety of considering the best means of securing a supply from other sources. The Bill introduced by the Government for granting compensation under certain conditions to Irish tenants evicted from their farms, and which passed the third reading in the House of Commons by a majority of sixtyseven on July 25 th, was brought up in the House of Lords this afternoon. A debate took place, in the course of which strong Opposition was shown towards the measure, which, on a division being taken, was rejected by a, majority of 131, the numbers being—For the Bill, 51; against, 182.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2017, 11 August 1880, Page 3
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