POLITICAL GOSSIP.
(BT telegraph.)
(FF.OK OCT. OW>* COP.BE3POSPBWT.) WEL.LTXGTON", Aognst 30.
The cartain is down »t last. After mimeraa* vtcisiu.ndes, the Government breathe freely asain for six months at Isms, after the harasaioc foar months they bare spent. Tha winding np »« a very slow »tT»ir indeed. When tho Homo met in tho afternoon, tho Premier rose and intimated that the prorogation would be formally made in tho Gisitto to-morrow. Do moved that tho Hoaso adjourn for a we-t-fc, which, of canrie, mean» that there would b« no nifinbcrs left here to rename ; bat some jjcohr representatives ctlled for a dividson. Tho Speaker did nit see any j »ke about it, however, and r*fcmd to allow it, declaring the House arij inroad. Thij brought tho proceedings to a cloac, and members retired to pick np their valaables and get away. Altogether 30 members wera present at tho Bnal scene, bat the House had a very washsd out appearance.
TOE PROROGATION. (PCS FRES3 ASSOCIATIOS.) W ELU>'GTOS, Angnst 31. Parliament has been prorogued by proclamation till D cjmberS'.h.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4201, 31 August 1888, Page 3
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