CALOGRAMS.
Heutek's Special to Pbbss Aobkot.)
AUSTRALIAN.
Meibotjrke, Tuesday.
Cablegrams to go by the steamer from \ Port Darwin should be dispatched on Thursday.' ■'.■-''■' ' :,'!"- ';: ":.': !
Mr Berry, in introducing the Reform 1 Bill, recapitulated the history of the former Bill which was resultless owing to; the Council'f action. The Premier dwelt upon his labors in London, and said Sir M. Hicks-Beach's despatch estab-: lished, firstly, the analogy between the; House of Commons, and the Legislative: Assembly; secondly, that the pretensions. of the Legislative Council caused all the i deadlocks ; thirdly, the means of finality in legislation. Mr Berry referred to the: difficulties in New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand, where! troubles were looming in the distance. i
The Reform Bill proposes that; the j Legislative Assembly shall be invested; with full powers in expenditure and taxation, and that the bills passed twice in the Assembly and twice rejected by the Council shall be referred to a plebescite by the Governor; the Council gradually; to become a nominee house, the six mem- [ bers who retire' every two years being; replaced by nominees whose sols qualifi-, cation shall be ten. years residence, and! abolishing the property qualification altogether. V ' .■•,"■'." '.' ■ ...;■; >I, ;|;, I Sailed: Albion. { Wednesday.^ \ In the Assembly the Reform Bill was; strenuously opposed by Sir Johnj O'Shaughnassey arid James Service. \
The Attorney-General hinted at .an early dissolution.
The soft goods firms of Sargood,, Son and Co., and Martin, Butler and Nicol have amalgamated.
Arrived: Kingarooma, from the. Bluff. Sydney, Tuesday. Parliament will prorogue on Thursday.
The steamer Tambaroora from Sydney to Bockhampton, got stranded near Cape Capricorn, and is in. a very dangerous' situation, but crew are safe. , ■■
''• '■'■ STPiirET, This day. j The Legislative Council has passed the; Public Works Loan Bill. I
• The prorogation of Parliament (lakes! place to-day. ,-
It is officially announced that the exhibition will open the middle of September. '
Melbourne, This day. It is expected the cable will be restored,, the repairing steamer having been spoke • at Port Darwin. :
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3304, 24 July 1879, Page 2
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