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(from our own correspondent.) Wellington, October 5. The Wostland Public House Bill was read a first time yesterday. A bill was introduced by the Government for lodger 1 franchise. It was moved that the Newspaper Libel Bill be read that day six months. It was opposed as unnecessary for the protection of respectable papers. To-day, a long debate ensued, on the motion of Mr Shepherd, to give the gold duty to road boards on gold fields. An amendment. was moved by Mr Mervyu, that 33 per cent of all special revenues be given to local boards. The original motion was lost, a3 also the amendment, but a similar one is now under consideration. To-day, the Minister of Public Works stated that the Government were preparing a bill to provide for alterations in the administration of the West Coast Gold Fields, and that the principle of local boards, with a fixed proportion of revenue, would be adopted, and that part of the railway fund would be applied to roads on the South-West Gold Fields.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 997, 6 October 1871, Page 2
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