ENGLISH NEWS.
(Per Rotomahana.) The following special telegrams appear in the Sydney Mi-ruivg Herald : — London, May 20. It is known that the Home Government would approve of a reform in the Victorian Constitution based on the proposals mentioned in Mr Servipe'a election speechef, aUo a similar scheme to nettle the difficulty between the two branches of the Legislature. Mr Childers, Secretary of State for tho War Department, will, it is expected, resign
tia position on the Commission now sitting in reference to the question' of colonial defence. The despatch of the fine arts collection for the Melbourne Exhibition is at a standstill owing to the absence of any definite reply from the Melbourne Commission as to their return. Sir Gavan Duffy has declined overtures to offer himself for a seat in Parliament until he has published his history. ■agq^sgg^Trr— ?i ' ""*»-"" < »"" i "".ii"»t>"» "■"" ■ ■ '«-i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 126, 27 May 1880, Page 2
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