PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
Wellington, Aug. 29. Mr Yogel spoke last evening for five! hours. He replied- at 1 great length to most of the Opposition Bpeeclies, defending the Government with reference to all the points on which the Government was r. 3ailed. : He showed that after paying off LIOO,OOO of deficiency, bills on Saturday last, there was a balance of L 318,000 to the credit of the Colony at! the Bank, and that, after paying vail' liabilities to the end/ of October, it was estimated, there .would be a csedit balance i! of Lll 6,000 to the Consolidated Fund. ! He announced 1 that at the end of the! sessioh Ministerial portfolios would be 1 re-distnbuted, and that the office of Resident Minister for the Middle Island wo^ld be i abolished, as the maintenance, of the two departments worked unsatisfactorily. • •,.■;■■ ; • ; ' ~:.j Mr Fitzherbert spoke for upwards of three hours today. He had dene little more than the introduction of his speech when tho House was adjourned foir the purp( se of . enabling members to 'attend the Governors bgll.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1275, 30 August 1872, Page 2
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177PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1275, 30 August 1872, Page 2
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