PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.
THI BANK COMMUTE R. ( The Sub-Committoe of the Joint Committee j appointed to put the findings into shape having dons its fork, the Joint Committee ' met at 2 p in. and adapted a filial report, whioh will be disbussed by both Houses tonight, and a decision come, to on the findings. T The report ip a. lengthy document, entering tjnlly into $be questions at issue and dealing ' with the very serious evidence brought before the Committee. The result is likely to c be an all-night sitting of the House of Bepre- , sentati yes, and considerable discussion in the Council. There is already a rush for tickets for the Galleries by those anxious to hear the debate. / It is understood that the report will not be accompanied by a Bill, but will recom. mend that the real estate of the Assets Company within the colony be taken over at j, two-thirds of the value at which it at present v appears in the Bank's books ; that a Board be Bet up to administer it, and that the pro- j perty be paid for by debentures. » There was a rumour this morning that the 0 galleries were to be cleared and tne wires o stopped to-night, but both, of these state- - mentsarenow denied on authority. They jj were absolutely without foundation. B
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 50, 27 August 1895, Page 3
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