PRE-SESSIONAL ADDRESSES

Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 133, 5 June 1902, Page 6

PRE- SESSIONAL ADDRESSES

[BT TELEOBAFH— rUBSS ASSOCIATION. I NAPIER, This Dny. Captain Russell, M.H.R. , addressed his constituents at the Princons Theatre, Hastings, lust evening, tho Mayor presiding. The speaker, who met with v good reception, confined hit* reinurkH mainly to Imperial question** and Federation. He deptecated tho principle of anc-man rule uk instanced by the work of recent Parliaments, and claimed tint the mcmberx of the Opposition were entitled to tho thanks of the colony for iheir solid work in criticising tho legislation introduced by the Government. He announced his intention of htnndiu^ again. The speaker was accorded .i hearty vote of tluuiku and coiih'derice. CHRISTOTIURCH, This Day. Mr. W. W. Collins, M.H.R. , addressed a meeting of liis constituents in the Theatre Royal lust evening, and was given a vote of thanks and confidence.

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