ESSENCE OF HANSARD.
The Premier imi t» ted by tho I aunts of Sir George Grey, was moved to speak in high praise of the electors of Leeston whom the Northern Knight once called * bumpkins/ Air Hall is reported tojiavo epok.*n,fn apellate -■=w»- _? Tuition fot~w_ij^u,u vi Vf ii By " Mr Beeves during the Btone wai I era, as follows : — • The honorable gentleman aaid that but for tbe influence of the larg© landowners Selwyo District would not ; have returned me. Sir, any on^ knows that each a statement is su* premely ridiculous. If there ia ia i New Zealand a community of substau* , tial, independent farmer?, a high* spirited, politic 'lly-intelligerit act of i men, it is the electors of th« S/lwya ! District. Their insight into political matters enables them to see througl* and throngh the vigue declaration of the honorable member for the Thames, Thames, and the honorable mam -era , frothy vapour. iigs have no mor© chance of going down with the electors of Selwyn bhan the moon . has of being made of g*»een cheese.'
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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175ESSENCE OF HANSARD. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 October 1881, Page 2
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