THE WASTE LANDS DEBATE.
:On (the.evening ;of the 19th .ultimo, when Mr. Vogel was speaking upon a clause of the : O-tago Waste" Lfuvls- Act, he was several times interrupted by Mr. Mervyn, greatly to his annoyance ; and the following litttaepisode was the result. The House was fairly couconvulsed wrh laughter by it : Mr. Voijel : I must claim the services voluuleered last session by Mr. Parata to carry the hon. member out the as beins a nuisance. Mr. Mervyn : The. Hon. .member may himself require the-iassistance of Mr. iParata. " Mr. Vogel ifl ain at alt times quite able- to Aval k hoin;& witiio'ut,.assistaiice. In alluTling to tlie recent large sales of-Und, ,T Fj. Shepherd, in - reply to Mr. Reid, said that hon. gerillemen was ; a £ham and a delusion. He stumped the couti try li ke an ad verbis •n z sandwichT—op one side, " t i of the Hand," " Land fortthe and " People for the Land" ; whilst <>»r the other side —Lo )k~ here," Squatters .support your man" ; " 50,00 D and 2 ),003 acre blocks without compel ition" : "'Che best of land, agricultural and auriferous." =
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3
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184THE WASTE LANDS DEBATE. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 189, 11 October 1872, Page 3
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