AUSTRALIA.
MELBOURNE, February 15.
The Reform Bill.
Parliament resuiaod its sitting to-day after the recess. -In the Legislative Council; the Hon. Graham Berry formally moved the second reading of the Reform Bill, and the debate was adjourned. MELBOURNE, February 16. Political. In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr Graham Berry, in the course of his speech, in moving the second reading of the Reform Bill said that if the ratepayers' roll for the Assembly was fixed on the basis of that for the Legislative Council he saw no democratic objection to the Norwegian scheme of holding a joint sitting of two Houses for the settlement of the reform question.
Arrived—Te Anau, from Bluff. Sailed—Tararua, for Bluff. SYDNEY, February 15. Borrowing. It is announced that the municipal authorities will shortly invite tenders for debentures to the value of £75,000 f<?r the completion of the Town Hall. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2177, 16 February 1881, Page 2
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