COLONIAL NEWS. Brisbane, July 29.
In the Legislative Assembly, the members sat all night and still continue. Probably they will not rise till noon tomorrow, owing to the opposition and stonewalling on the mail contract for a direct service between England and Queensland via Torres Straits, which had been ai'ranged for by the Premier whilst in London.
The son and heh 1 of the excellent Theobaxt is dead setat 7 weeks. Vast sums were lavished on him during his brief life. He was rocked in a cradle, encrusted with precious stones of enormous value, and the long clothes, napkins, &c, which enshrined his dusky figure cost .5,000 rupees.
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Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1262, 31 July 1880, Page 3
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108COLONIAL NEWS. Brisbane, July 29. Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1262, 31 July 1880, Page 3
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