PROROGATION OF THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.
* (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Received 21, 1.20 a.m. Melbourne, February 20. Parliament lias been prorogued. The Lieut.-Governor (Chief Justice Madden), in a patriotic speech, said the moral effect of the colonies' help was to bind indissolubly together England and her great dependencies. The legislation promised next session •will include the re-introduction of the Old Age Pensions Bill. Prior to the prorogation, the Assembly resolved .to send a cable congratulating Lord Roberts upon the magnificent services he had rendered to the Queen and the Empire in South Africa.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 42, 21 February 1900, Page 3
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