Pension to the Rev. J. Whiteley' s Widow. — On the 13th August, Mr Kelly asked the Premier whether it was the intention of the Government to give effect to the recommendation of the Public Petitions Committee in reference to the petition of Mary Whiteley. Mr Fox stated that the Government were so fully j_ra- ; pressed with the force of the claim'which the widow of the late rev. gentleman had ] on the consideration of the. House, that they were prepared to recommend double i the sum named in the report of the committee, as a pension to the family of that gentleman, who sacrificed his life in. the •; path of duty. The. announcement was received with cheer 3. A; „ , t
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 207, 3 September 1869, Page 2
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