THE NEWFOUNDLAND DIFFICULTY.
[PKB PRKSS JLB3OOIA.TIOH.I Received Mar 24th. 7 p.m.
Si. John'b, May 23. Both Houses of Parliament hare approved, of the measure enforcing the modus vivendi with Frauoe ia oonneo* tioa with the fisheries, whioh was iv-> troducod at the suggestion of Sir Wm, Whiteway and the other delegates who appeared at the Bar of, the British House of Lord? to pro test agaiuat Lord Knutetord'e Bill. In moving the second reading of his Bill, at the end of last month. Lord Knutafotd promised that) the Government would uot proceed with it m the House of Commons, provided that the Newfoundland Parliament passed a similar measure. On hearing thia statement, Sir Wm. Whiteway cabled from London to his colleagues at St. John's to immediately introduce an equivalent measure, with the above result. The operation of the Bill, however, is restricted to the present year.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7872, 25 May 1891, Page 5
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