THE AFTERNOON IN THE HOUSE.
Christchurch and Wellington were honoured on Thursday, Mr Millar, of Dunedin, giving notice to ask the Colonial Secretary how it is that no bubonic plague rats have reached those cities. The notice moved the House to much laughter. Privilege looked ugly when the report of the Reporting Debates Committee, had been read by the Chairman (tbe Hon. W. J. Steward). There certainly would have been another animated and ingenious (Wmfce with a minglmi thread of war and waste of politics and principle, had not the Speaker intervened with the decision that the report could not bo considered without notice. A pretty littl© skirmish ensued between the leaders an,d, when it was over, the ugliest feature of the proceedings arose in. the intimation, applauded by % few voices, of the member for Marsden's intention to move that the Agent-General's letter should be expunged from Haiißard.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 19, 14 July 1900, Page 3
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148THE AFTERNOON IN THE HOUSE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 19, 14 July 1900, Page 3
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