IMPERIAL POLITICS.
[Spboial to Pbess Association.] LONDON, August 11. Mr Henry William Cross, the Tory candidate for Liverpool, has been eleoted unopposed. In the House of Commons the Bight Honorable Cecil Eail.es, replying tp Mr Henniker Heaton, said, that the Australian mail contracts were not considered to be satisfactory, but directly- the Colonial objections were overcome the contracts would be presented to Parliament. The Eight Hon H. Matthews, Home Secretary, has promised to make enquiries into the working of the First Offenders' Act, adopted by the New Zealand Parliament, with the view of a similar measure being introduced iuto the Imperial Parliament. In the Honse of Lords the Commission Bill has been read a second time, and committed pro forma. The House of Commons have agreed to the amendments made by the House of Lords in the Local Government Bill.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6315, 13 August 1888, Page 4
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