By a private telegram received last evening we learn that the " crisis," to which allusion was made in our iaaue of yesterday, has already occurred. At the meeting of the Council yesterday afternoon all the members were present, except the Superintendent. Mr John White announced that he had resigned the Speakership, and upon the motion of Mr Guinness, Mr Lahman was unanimously elected, his Honor the Superintendent subsequently conveying by message his approval of the choice. : , After the election of the Speaker, Mr Seddon gave notice of a motion expressive of. want of confidence in the new Executive, upon which Mr White asked for au adjournment of the Council until to-day, when the motion comes on. There appears to he little doubt of the result. If Mr White resigns his seat in the Assembly the objections to the constitution of the new Executive will he abandoned. If he does not, then the Council will insist upen his retiring— and quite right too.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1823, 10 June 1874, Page 2
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