IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
London, Aug, 15. In the House of Commons to-day Mr A.. J. Balfour, Secretary for Ireland, in reply to a question, stated that the potato famine in Ireland bad come on the. Government . unexpectedly, but he thought the Irish poor law sufficiently provided for the distress. The Houaeof Commons sat all night discussing the Construction of Light Railways in Ireland Bill, which met with considerable obstruction. A split has taken place between the Irish party on the question, one section being led by Mr Sexton and the other by Mr Healey. Aug. 16. The Directors’ Liability Bill was the lost measure squeezed through both Houses. The amendments made by the House of Lords, which it was thought would kill the measure, were modified.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2087, 19 August 1890, Page 1
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125IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Temuka Leader, Issue 2087, 19 August 1890, Page 1
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