Anyone who takes the trouble to look up the division lists in Hansard will be struck with the curious fact that whenever the question is raising already high salaries, granting a largosum for reimbursing the Governor, or uselessly piling up the Defence vote, the members of the Opposition voted so,idly with the Government.—Carterton Leader. i
We believe that, notwithstanding pressure from the South, if Ministers realised the fact that they are not local but national representatives, and insisted on an impartial distribution of grants, their position would be greatly strengthened.—Whaugarei Advocate. A man who never smoked at table, only just tasted one or two of the most simple dishes, and drank only a glass of one kind of wine always raised with water and never took a glass of beer between meals, was a study worthy of some attention and much admiration. —Palmerston Standard.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 267, 20 November 1901, Page 4
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