SUPPLY BLOCKED
LEGISLATIVE DIFFERENCES. COUNCIL BLOCKS PROGRESS OF A BILL. By Telegraph—Pre»g Association—Copyright (Received September 13, 8.53 p.m.) CAPETOWN, September 13. An unprecedented constitutional situation has arisen in South Africa, owing to tho Legislative Council of Cap© Colony, during a discussion of an Appropriation Bill in committee, resolving by eleven votes to- ten that the chairman leave tho chair. This blocks supply Tho Treasurer will to-day move that tho Council again go into committee to resume consideration of tho Bill. The parties in the Council are equal; but as Mr Ross, a Progressive, presides in committee, the Opposition will then have a majority. The Premier, Dr Jameson, if necessary, will ask the Assembly Svhether it will tolerate tho Council’s interference with its privileges.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19070914.2.52
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 7
Word Count
123SUPPLY BLOCKED New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6314, 14 September 1907, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.