Political Notes.
•■ Captain Russell is moving to have the Fox correspondence laid on the table of the House, and is asking Go- -, yemment what it proposes to do as to his resignation. The Financial Statement was ready for delivery, but will have to be recast in consequence of recent developments. It contained the outline of the banking legislation which the Government had proposed to bring down prior to the arrival of Mr John Murray and his startling ultimatum. The illnes* of the Colonial Treasurer further complicates matters. Hoa Major Stewart is asking the Minister of Agriculture whether he will favourably consider the expediency of offering substantial bonuses for the discovery of practical and economical specifics for the cure or prevention of the ravages of the white Sub which now annually destroys ousands of acres of grain and grass, and for the cure or prevention of those parasitio diseases of sheep which now cause such heavy losses to flockowners, particularly in the North Island. The veteran Captain Jackson Barry has presented a petition to the House setting forth that he is now 75 years, of age, has been a colonist for 64 years, and in consequence of the infirmities of age is no longer able to earn a living. -
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1894, Page 3
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208Political Notes. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1894, Page 3
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