NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2192, 3 July 1914, Page 4

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

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Mr. J. A. YOUNG f.Wa*ftfa)"iWuiiio<l tho debate oil thb So-Coafidenco Arfieiul•ment moved by Sir Joseph Ward io tfe Address-in-Kepl.y. Bs liad been siruckj on hearing the speeeb. .qf tjie momkr lor WauganuL to. notipo what a changed member he appared to be. Ho had talked about the prosperity of the wealthy and so au—sjwd sfrf.t of talk of course for the po.iiti.Bal groufidimgs when an eloetfon was wear, it aftrott seemed that lio was a feappeintett foian —a drowning ni-a-n, polifcicaify. He fi&. Young) objootetf to sueh guesttoms as naval defence being made party questions. He spirted .strongly W t"ie. policy of the- Govarement so far as it had been o.tffcliuecf by tto Minister of Defence. H>. -tefonded the appointment of a General Manager ef Isilivavs, aird ho had no obj'ootic*. to Jfrr lll!e.y W causo ho hajueiiGel to <Mii» fwsm'Eng, land. He coriiiwmaM Die government's • laucl pftßej-, denying t)i.o impeachmont iiliat they Were friends only of the large lan-d-ij-wiici's, Adyiim from M:h SiS'sy, Mr. 1\ K SlfttiY .{Diusedm South) said that the stoifcwftll of last- session had been emled by the guiflatiije, Sueh an exercise oi pd-vver iij tlto €iiaijiiiau of Committees as was used to «nd 'tho long discussion iii Conunittee was nw-w contemplated iv:hea- Ife Stmiuing t>«kr& were drawn. Eβ- itW not kmeve that tho Primo aiuiiSEcr's tlircat-to eut ttie gordian knot 'had any iijftiflijOG oh tiio Opposition, Hot &$ i« k-Meva tiiat by tho expressfoji the .Priaje Siinistfer meant that lio would go to the covjiti-y, Ho suggested tlmt rfic G#remEißrtt ought to refr'am from appointing to tjis t.egislativo C'aiittsH -fi«WO mcm'bt- ; r3 tliitm ivero absolutely '3je.QßSssiry- to eus&re tho passage of tlio Le§isktivo OotiHcil B<i, I'o'rm Bill. To thk ae- one cmM take serious exception, but if tfey insistad *U appointing mow tbui tins rmniboj-, tltey irou'ld lay ffitansfelws opoii to tho prb'ach wo'ra jjackiilg the Ottan';il with nbpiirete U order to eusjwfc the dominawo .of tiveij; parts in tjvat Chamber, overt ii.ft'iSr tfas Chaoibcr -be-' A'ame .elective, ' Refftr* and PrSsperJfj!.

Mi\ F. MARKER (torafcn), white, •not denying that o-lher (ieverumonts hadJiclpod tilings slcftg, said ho ttioKshi that tJio present Government w«*e largely respOßS-til-o lor %m present prosperity of tiro ypJOTrioii., Ail tilings had to be taken mt<i caiisicteitiMi. A country could wf- fe developed ivithoqtborrowed .lnqncy, end he hoped it \va\M be a long tiiH.ij . befohj a, , {jsv-erisivieftc would stand hi- a aoii-bflrMwing fiolssy. i'lie old cry of 'forjisui was djing -o-irf, unci now of-licr arguments were teing used to decry W'O Party in power, li was necessary that there sliowM lie liioreased exjKSidiMre in jv growing courttry. When the ppposi'tioa were drying out about tlip iw.«i'is/iaeil exqisncWnre then did not ta.fa. into cen-side-riiftratt liie causes tor it. Jfc t-teftg-kt t-Jiiit the strike awl the smaijpax outbreak aloiio would account fas a cost «! half a million, that tvas taking 'ev-erytljies into <rf rfteentiej rail» way freight, e>t«. Tho. figures- were not official, but ho wovild .hoc bo surprised to know thftti the cost wa-5 Wt a million. The Government harl increased the Graduated MM TitSj awd JEW,OOO had been gdiiifrci r i>s* that- itic.paaso. N*o tlaubt a furth/jf .iliet't'ase IVoaM to inada it it was f'ouilt.l MocSiaiy, but tho-' larg* liiiidholtieys vfcre mffißK tl>& &ia»s,-awt woro taking, steps tii cut op tiioiV Jajid.. Vaiuatioijs fed gone hp, in aemo cases 101) per ccui. IneoMe tax SmmJ also bsffli increased, rd itifas io be-sees tlini tfe Government tffts iw* .iitceroptifigto iu» crease the tases flir'lio.poot- Tk« Government had. libttraMsGd the la:fid laws of tho comitTSj. anil had taerease?! tto ccnfi3cnccs the staaU eettlsts. Gfeat good had hemi Aem hi the, nmthem gum lands, and. IJics Bill ifefiling with them was a beneficial »eas«re t<! thft poor settlor wlisi wanted to got oa the land for fritft*gro:wivig pijrp&ses. The northern pcniivsttla was wolt adapted for fruit-growing, and li 6 espofiW t» s«s a boom there in a skoft time. Passing to. the period af the strike, ho said ft-at he was sure that gfcafc jndgraent was ..used in the WaJMt Was seitW;

; Mr.. J. PAYNE jfGrey.Lyim) with tho statement that in liis opinion the' Massey Govcrinnont hatl: ttotke to quit. He could account for'their success at last -election only by tlie fact that "an afaii* of paid liars-" went unftk and south through-out- t-lift cenntry in the interests of tie Tory iPftrty, "No Reton irofn fas tm." Mr. IL. J. H. OEM cTasroaM) thoufilit thjjjt the itteiTvber fe Grey Lynn had lißtteo to quit, a«d not tile Reform Govefumeni. The final not-fe to quit was certainly given the old., liberal Party at tho last elections. They had had' t-.he ''Flying Squadron" in every hole a-nd[ coriior of his corastitaency, but tjisro vivve no signs ftfire of no-confulcncG in the CieverH-meiit. Tlio "Flying S(itiaclren. ! '' would find fi© returii for tho seed they ha't'sewn. %o Government had not iegisiiiictl fof tho lai-Ro land-owMOr. Hβ stdocl out feisubdivision, aptl believed a great deal was bciiip; dtiiie by the G-Bvc*Bfticnt to liring this about. T:too was no rtdvaiitago in cutting up- tho large hiliy estates, which \rould be useless for samtl lioidiiift-s. There lisu? twrer hem a more liberal lijnd policy than tliat carried out hy .the prt-snftt GovenunPHt. lie congraiuiated Hip jttirlster ef Finance on the st-nte of .the Atlvauces to Settlers' Fini-cl, He wa-s Sttro everything was clone to help Uw s-nttlcre in Kettinp; assistance. Tlsf* party was lilained for wit iwikieing the t-ost of iivinpr. ]Tc lnivhrtainiirl that thorp was scarcely niiy (TiHy on the Hcces-navies of life. Tht'K" were at.h*;?- ways of assisting tlio wo-rksrs—naßiely, ivy lljc <!«c» hion of wortors' Imaifs. Ilw ivnfkos's wore cliiirgftei 5 per cent., osi the money aiivam.'od. but tile wltle?s' iuwlpi- ilicAtlvanees to Settlers wen? ttei'swl oiity <H per cphL tfe was in farnitr f>? iv--lieviiiu Urf- «-nr{iM Ui the <s*ient of thai hall' per wnt., win'cl) would aicfln £3 por year. The ssifiKing fund sljohli? :ilsn Im rr'tli.tcflrl fi'din two _pei" reiif. In one. .iKr (tilt. By. pi<*ssi!ift nn wjtli workers' fasmes the reiit problem ifoaJd

be patCiy solved. He would strongly urge the ■Gm-emment to conthmo ft progrotsivo public ■ wor'fe policy. Bniivtay 'i»:i« were up.tskd in etter districts tesiiio his own, 'J'iio cbicf itc-cd was il'ji'it there s-lj-eiild be of railway as brairclws to tho ninin linos. In the cnastrttetisM. «f such Knos in his dis-trteb t.Jwj sDtttoi's wore willitjg to help tlsonisehcs, mnl Jte )mpei the'RovwnjiK'iii-. would «mt> forward With proposals for the buililiiig of ttese linos, mill allowing tho «osti to lio provklcd by the rating of tho Imid-s of settlers to bo served by the lines.. ■ Tho prospeet ak«ad of tiie eaiiiitry was pstwnwly goad. Them was imw iutfustna] l)e«e-s, nioi'fi assured tiian for many years; n»d it svas ea.sy to ferescs tlnit tho coming soasen would be ft. Vnttw one tliftji th.rit tlireUßli whfcli tk> country 1«d just palest.' ~Mr. A. B. GLOVER, ninvo.d tbfe d-iowM'uiG.u-fc (j£ the debate at, 11.13 p.m., ■ajifl thc'Hoase to.se.