IN PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1234, 16 September 1911, Page 5

IN PARLIAMENT.

« —. DAILY SUMMARY. EFFECTIVE CRITICISM OF THE BUDGET. ■• ■ 'After routine,business had been transacted in the ilouso yesterday afternoon, tho' debate on the Prime Minister's Budget was..continued, tho proceedings being much more interesting than on the previous day. Mr. J. 1 , . Arnold, the first' speaker, stated in the course:of his remarks that he would always the most progressive party, bo it called "Radical" or "Labour." Mr. JameJ Allen, who followed, threw new life.and freshnese into the debate. Ho threw question afterquestion across tho floor of the House to the Prime Minister concerning misrepresentation and other matters in the Budget. His criticism was decidedly effective and ho succeeded in securing the f,ull attention of tho House, and kop.t the Government party very restive. Mr. G. W. Russell, tho next speakeT, dilated at some length on the lnnd policy of tho Government as "enshrined" in. tho existing law, with which ho professed himself thoroughly satisfied. Mr. A: L. Herdman made a fighting speech in tho course of which a somewhat strange point of order was raised, by the Prinio Minister about an expression of "slippery finance," used by 'Mr. Herdman. The galleries were full, and the Prime Minister expanded his point of order to such an extent that ho had to bo called up twice by tho Speaker. It was quite evident that the thrust had gone home. Mr. G. Laurenson' (Lyttelton), in reply, delivered a tirade against the Opposition and all their ways. Tho speech certainly seemed to please his party. The last speaker of tho night was Mr. F. M.:B. .Fisher. He was evidently eager for tho fray, and wga always ready with apt answers to the Government members who set out to bait him. He succeeded so well that t'hey decided to stand from under in the end, and he was permitted to finish the latter part of his speech yithout ■ interruption.