AUSTRALIAN.
(Retjter's Telegbam3.)
MELBOURNE.
April 7.
j In the Legislative Assembly last night a message was received from the Council asking that a 'committee should be appointed to consider the Reform Bill. Mr Berry stated tbat he agreed to the suggestion, Jand proposed himself, Messrs Longmore, Mirams, Pearson, Tucker, Vale, and Grant, and the leader of the Opposition, as members of tbe committee. Sir John O'Shanassy, energetically protested against the selection, b :t upon a ballot being taken, however, it was confirmed. Mr Berry, in the course of the debate, stated that he could only make a small concession to the Council. The latter's committee will consist of Sir Charles Sladen, and Messrs Cuthbert, Hearn, Reid, Fitzgerald, Balfour, and M'Bain. The joint committee is not expected to succeed in bringing about an understanding on the reform question. The first sitting of the conference of committees of the Legislative Council and Assembly to consider the Reform Bill was held to-day. Sir Charles Sladen, M.L.C., discussed the measure at length, Mr Henry replied, and a conversation of a desultory character followed. The conference has adjourned till Monday next.
It is expected that the prorogation of Parliament will take place on Thursday, tbe 14th inst.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3053, 8 April 1881, Page 3
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