HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Sept. 13. EVENING SITTING. :'. COMMITTEE OF-SUPPLY. ■'■■' After the telegraph office closed consideraV titm of the Estimates in the Colonial Sec- '■ ietary's Department was continued. ■■■'-• V The Electoral Department vote was dislii enssed at some length, but the vote passed ' sfialtered. -'.-■- *At 2.40 Mr Herries moved to report proV gress. £. After a discussion, in the course of which {--.■■■ the Premier promised to have the details of ' the contingencies printed and placed in the /: lianris of membersj the motion was negatived * by 25 to 16. : A lengthy discussion ensued on the vote Miscellaneous services £18,753, with respect "to the item contingencies £9000, the details of which were read by the Minister in charge. On the item salary of the British Resident at Rarotonga., the Premier intimated that he r intended to ask the House to pay Mr Moss, ' the late Resident, his salary to the end of the present year. On. the motion of Mr George Hutchison, -tJic item compilation of the early history ■--' of the colony, £150, was reduced by £75. - The class was agreed to and progi ess reported. The House rose at 4.45 a.m.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6284, 15 September 1898, Page 4
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