PARLIAMENTARY.
[from our own correspondent.]
Wellington, May 19. Political matters are exceedingly tame. Ministers are taking matters very easily, and the Opposition seem without heart.
The reply to the address was a very hollow affair—never more so. The member for Hokitika, in moving the reply, did very well considering he had so little ground to work upon. The get up and intonation was rather too stiff and parsouified, and one expected to hear at every finish " Here endeth the second lesson." The seconder, the elect of Sydenham, is very practical : Canterbury with him is New Zealand. Major Atkinson passed the affair off with a little chaff. The Premier tried to be serious, but failed. Several of the rank and file tried to throw a little animation into the debate, but signally failed ; the whole thing lacked reality. The address was the wet blanket; there was nothing in it, and it ended in nothingness.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2979, 20 May 1886, Page 2
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