HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
■ iV J :*/: [pBK UNITED PBESS : ASSOCIATION.] .did Wellington, July 16. The House-met at 7.30 p.m. ■ -,:.. ; Th-e "Speaker being unavoidablyabsent, ''■'■'■ Mr Hamlin, Chairman of Committees, ' ■';d|^_:.*theciialr.'' j., i . ''.'-'' GOLD DUTY ABOLITION BILL. "Mr Seddon moved the second reading of the Gold Duty Abolition Bill.—Mr . Bolleston strongly opposed the BillMessrs Fergus, De Latour, and Shaw ;v :. supported the Bill.—Mr.Fish opposed it. Mr Munro supported the second reading, but thought the reduction of duty should ■; <';"!should-be rgrad_at.^Mr Sheehan would ;**•' '-■only:iirpport'it if it were made*-permis-''eiTe.— Messrs Duncan and J.dC. Brown supported thejßill.-- Mr Seddon replied, and, .the, 'House[divided. .The second reading was carried by 21 to 17, j and ■'•••■• referred to the Goldfields Committee. Ayes, 21; Noes, 17. The Hou-e rose at 10.40 p.m.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 16, 17 July 1883, Page 3
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