Banquet to Mr M'Kenzie.
SPEECH BY THE COLONIAL TREASURER. (Per Press Association.) Palmerstok S., April 27. The Minister of Lands was entertained at a banquet at Sbag Point this evening There was a large attendance, including the Colonial Treasurer and several other members of Parliament. The Treasurer on' responding to the toast of the Ministry, expressed the opinion that there was no necessity for the Colony to borrow at present, or for some time to come Ho unformed tho meeting that the i olony's 3.$ per cent, stocks were bow approaching 100$ They were over 100J, a thing which had never happened before. .Regarding the surplus for the past financial je&r, he declared that not one payment had beon kept back by the Government and that their liabilities at the end of the financial year were neVer as low as at the present time.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 300, 28 April 1894, Page 2
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144Banquet to Mr M'Kenzie. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 300, 28 April 1894, Page 2
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