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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6052, 14 December 1897, Page 4

Walter Bently— you all know Walter — was at his highest one night in King Henry VIII. at the Wellington • Opera House : Farewell, a long farewell to all lay greatness, This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms. And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost— Voice from the gods (mimicking Walter)". " Then try Woods' Great Peppermint Cure I" It brought down the house. — Advt.] Parliamentary. —In the Legislative Council yesterday, a motion by the Hon T. Kelly, affirming the right of theChamber to amend the machinery clauses ' of Bills containing money clauses, was carried. The Consolidated Stock Act Amendment Bill, Fisheries Encouragement Act Amendment Bill, and Members of the House of Representatives Disqualification Bill passed their second readings. .Tho debate on the motion for the second reading of the Old Age Pensions Bill was resumed, but at 10 p.m. was adjourned till to-day. In the House of Representatives the mail resolutions were passed. Tho Master and Apprentice Bill was committed, and passed through all its stages. The House rose at 1 a.m. j