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THE LUNCHEON. through the gent
Some fifty gentlemen accepted the in- it
vitation for funcheon at the Grand Hotel,
The Hon. John Henry at the outest
made a personal explanation. He stated
that Captain Walker, the agent in Aus-
tralia for the Marooni Company, had to |
promt at Quesnel fo ine the |
i ‘As he hed the. pric

vlogs e eof bal bo juaintance of
TE ta kasioe the Pesaro
juest jeg to represent the company at
‘the Devonport festivities. Ho then rub-
mitted the toast of “The King and the
Governor.” He regretted that ‘Ste Gerald
Strickland had not found it convenient to
te present. The erent was one of eet
int rie importance in the history of
taania, and it was a great dinapporntment characterised the When the
that His Excellency was not with them, turbance ereated aie Richlls Blew
more especially as he made a point of [tate andy aed he thought the
attending such im a Government would experience » peaceful
ee eet ate ct soures. "He roqrotted that the sume fel-
fore tted his abeonce, bot wha hed ing of satisfaction did not oxiat in con-
done could not be undone. nection with the Government.
Mr James Wi Although he was an ardent Federalist,
passat ho mutt admit, that it bed not realised
‘The Ministry.” Tt afforded ‘him |¢pectations. There ha Ro con
great pleasure to do1o,ashefelt surethere *lidation of the State debts, the defences
could not porte of the were in no better position than prior to
imaael

taser that ng ote
ony as far as
cred, I

~arlinment,
‘ey were too able, but the
le was the leadera were pull
different directions, and wanted their own
ways. Ho trusted that at the next elec-
eae inority represen i" tation would be
wi out.

H ‘Anata, ches et

lominated

itrale, bur if it did. not thea ‘let them
have a straight-out Government one way
or the other. They did not want
sbblo ef the preent Joneture. (Ap,

‘Dr. M‘Call. M.H.A., responded. He
soogratalations| tothe perple of Devon. dolared tine it gare him pleasure ind
port, and rejoice to think that one of like the present that there
“had wd anes ‘hee hans “co repre: ia few that entertalued feelings of
tent the che dutrct in which the triumph of respect for Pe nda Pre After what
scientific rovoarch in to be applied to Tas-

mania. The futureof wirelres telegraphy aa

ticipated as yet, but its influenco in Vind. indeed re vege him

‘he was far too good to he as
edt ety and iy omens ek eas Te vd
| empbest ope jon that Taamania had
Kindly have these prpanper gti aprons not secured all that that was expected from

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