AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
Albany, March 4. The P. and O. steamship Bokhara, with the inward Suez mall, has arrived lv King George's Sound en route for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. Melbourne, March 4. In the Legislative Assembly last night a Bill introduced by Graham Berry for the Reform of the Constitution, was read' a second time without a division. Murray Smith then moved that a conference of the two Houses should be held, to agree, if possible, to compromise on the measure. Berry objected to the proposal at the! present time, and denounced it as unconstitutional and unprecedented. Sir John O'Shannassy, D. Gaunson, and Wrixon,; supported the motion, but the debate was; finally adjourned to next sitting. A caucus of the Opposition members was held yesterday, at which Murray Smith and J. G. Francis were elected joint leaders of the party in the Assembly. Adelaide, March 4. Three hundred volunteers in this city have offered to proceed to Transvaal for service.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXIII, Issue 3906, 5 March 1881, Page 2
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