THE UPPER HOUSE.
THE pEdPbB|D AP|bIIrtMBNTS. j [PBB PebSß ABeOOJATION.J WELLmaiON, Jmr»22. Tbe Times, thia morning, publi«he« following official -communication » understood that the Government quested the Governor to number of appointment* to-th* liegieJitiv*; Council, with the result ifcafeth*rd Si *j irreconcilable difference of Opinioa -bfl»; tween his Excellency and his rwponifib» advisers as to the number. The Ofafe&flf has, it is well known, never been tib w%*K 3V-. effective numbers. The Vin&try,wenri3£ik stand, are disinclined to aceept i. fell number in addition than tfcey fceueife w3s> give them a chance of having their measures fairly considered in the Cornell*. They do not think the position fairly represented byany»tatem'enttath*iiJfe feet thatfchey intend to ,f swamp" theCSooffi. oil. Had they received, from Lord tfaalow t* addition of fifteen to represent %fe«Sr ( strength in the Council, the Minit«r£**«& etill have been in aminority in The Government would have been eatiefiftiS with even less than that nttmbet Lord Onslow left ibe Colony j but ivaHf then deaths, resignations and Taowneai have made such a difference that, mild opinion of the Government, tbe 'abovumentioned number ought not t&.*pgiefe& unreasonable to any pereon of fiiir miß(3, in posseesion of all the facts twd «it*luii« stances of the case.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9759, 23 June 1892, Page 5
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202THE UPPER HOUSE. Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9759, 23 June 1892, Page 5
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