THE CONSOLS BILL.
The Consols Bill was to-day launched upon tbe troubled waters of the Couucil, where, as I have already said, it is almost certain of shipwreck. Messrs Bowen, Stewart, Pharazyn, Macgregor, and Stevens made strong and effective speeches against the measure, and Messrs Rigg, McCulloch, and Sir George Whitmore made but ineffective refutals, the lost concluding with the weak admission that while he hoped the Bill would prove a failure, he was willing to give it a trial. His opinion was that the proverbial stocking in New Zealand did not contaiu the million the Treasurer wished to see transferred to his keeping. It seems likely that the Bill wilt be thrown out by a substantial majority, unless extraordinary influences are brought to bear.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 8914, 3 October 1894, Page 5
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