HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MORNING SITTING.
THE ESTIMATES. After the telegraph office closed, consideration o< the Estimates wu continued. Sfeunpa and Deeds, £25,300 was passed Without alteration. Colonial Secretary's Department, £92,035. Ttw item, Minister's salary, representing tb« Maori race, £400, was, on a division, carried by 19 to 12. Item, Electoral, £26,200. Adverse comment) wtta made upon the charge that some returning officers amd deputies had displayed a party spirit, and took a prominent part in the efect&ns. The PREMIER admitted that cases of that nature had occurred, but that such steps woofd bo taken as would prevent, as far ac possible, a recurrence of such appointmentsItem, Printing and Stationery, £25,196. la answer to Air O. Hutchison, Mr HALL-JONES said there was at present no intention to introduce the Lnotype machines. Progress was then reported, and the House wee at 2.45.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10450, 14 September 1899, Page 6
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