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Ireland Land Bill Amid Wide Tory Amendments and Debates
The week sees the Irish Land Bill in Committee with major Tory-led changes favoring landlords. Retrospective penalties scale cut, and the Lords demand evidence for claims, while education reforms advance as Gladstone pushes the Elementary Education Bill. Foreign and domestic notes include an ex cursion-train tragedy inquiry, and updates on French and Cuban policies, with Motley’s recall and Fenian trials in the US.
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