Parliamentary.
(From Our Wellington Correspondent.)
The Financial Statement has been engrossing the attention of the House for the last week. The proposals do not seem to give satisfaction to either party. Mr Ward has altered them, hut I fear neither the House nor the country will have them as they now are. In our present depressed condition we certainly cannot afford to pay more for the necessaries of life, and the money must be raised on its superfluities. The Premier’s Licensing Bill is also a matter of interest to your readers. It is certainly an advance in Liberal directions. That no drink shall be sold to Maori women, that ballot-papers are simplified, and various other alterations, are proofs that Mr Seddon’s temperance sentiment is increasing ; but somehow the Premier counteracts his concessions by something retrograde : and in this case it is—That for every 700 increase of population there shall be a new license, which is contrary to the spirit of the last Licensing election. The Southern Cross Society, a political organisation of women, was formed here on the Bth inst. Particulars in our next. j. p.
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White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 August 1895, Page 6
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186Parliamentary. White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 August 1895, Page 6
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