A PECULIAR SITUATION.
CAPE COLONY PARLIAMENT.
UPPER HOUSE BLOCKS SUPPLY
Received Sept. 13, 8.58 p.m. Capetown, September 13.
An unprecedented constitutional situation has arisen in South Africa, owing to the Legislative Council of Cape t'olony, during a discussion on the Appropriation Bill iu committee, resolving liy 11 to 10, that the chairman leav.' the chair. This blocks supply. The Treasurer to-day moves that the Council again go into committee and resume consideration of the Bill. The
parties in the Council arc equal, but as Mr. Ross, a Progressive, pivsides in committee, the Opposition then have a majority. The Premier, if necessary, will ask the Assembly whether it will tolerate the Council's interference with its privileges.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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115A PECULIAR SITUATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 14 September 1907, Page 5
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