A slight bat nomistakable change came over the spirit of the Asrembly on Satarday Ist, however, when the question arose of petitioning the Thro1 third time to shorten the period arranged for the opening of a parliement. Quiet determination. which not inaptly might be described as grim, spread over the House. Indeed it became obvious at once that the members looked upon the occasion as one of the great objects of their existence, The first speaker said that the success or failure of the people to obtain a parliament meant the life or death of the Empire. Foreiga aggression had become much more apparent of late and there was to be considered the difficult matter of financial stringency,
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