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•: f' i i , Tuesday. r: MtT. E. Brown, the member for the Ashley district, addre sed his. constituents at Amberiy., He said attendance at the Assembly had' now become absolute slavery, and Jie doubted for sometime whether or not to resign his seat. After referring to various measures of la-fc session, afd, the course he adopted, Mr Brown said the course adopted by the House regarding 1 the land fund was wise, but the Government had not since kept faith with Canterbury. He decidedly opposed/manhood suffrage, which would be a great mistake; ri fact, almost a crime. He opposed a land tax. A property t-tsx- was";-the one we could -hafe. ?He had voted for.the exteiisioriof ffieniflway to the West CoSst* He said Ashley should have two members, or Hurunui should be the boundary. The Premier had not yet enumerated a single point of policy that he would support. A vote of thAks and confidence was proposed, biwan amendment of a_, vote of thanks only was carried. * -
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2939, 17 July 1878, Page 2
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