MR REID'S RESIGNATION.
A HEATED DEBATE. (Received Augusb 19, 9.44 a.m.) _ . The debate which led to Mr Riewl's reslg« , nation was very animated. . Mr Reid said ttie question was above fleeting party fortunes. The Electoral Act enshrined tkef birthright of every nmn,and womafa. SDte 1 * spite that sinister influences were working, members sat silent, while armies of workmg men and women were being robbed of theiij rights. He closed with, an urgent app,eai) v to the Government to reconsider its Mfc" tude, and not allow a wholesale d€<privaao«| tihe peopk's rights. /v - • : Sir William Lyne hotly replied to "Ms Reid, who, he sajd, bad inader vicious ' »n4 venomous remarks, and many of tihe a«sex4 tions made therein were untputMaL . The Government proposal to reject tb<| New/South Wales Electoral Division W carried by 31 to 15.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7787, 19 August 1903, Page 2
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135MR REID'S RESIGNATION. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7787, 19 August 1903, Page 2
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