POLITICAL ADDRESS.
0 (by telegraph—press association). Dunedin, Last Night. Mr Carncross, speaking at Abbntsford, said the Opposition were justified in their obstruction on account of the-en-ormous preponderance of Government supporters on the Sessional Committees ; but not in a lot of .useless, almost sinful, obstruction on other questions. He eulogised the administration, especially of railways, and advocated the reform of the Upper House by making members independent of the Ministry. He supported the Old Age Pension scheme, with a weekly contribution of Is per week. '
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 290, 19 May 1898, Page 2
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