NO-CONFIDENCE DEBATE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 4

NO-CONFIDENCE DEBATE

WARDIST AMENDMENT DEFEATED VOTING 39 TO 34

DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS-IN-BEPLV RESUMED

y, i:\-A Ivi.sXj >*';. -•■' P ' The House.of 4\cpresontatiye,s met a,t •-■2:3o'"l>.lU. "'.•■'-' , *" : Dr. A. K NEWMAN (Wellington Kasf) presented « petition from Arthur Snodgrass and other casual employees of tho Railway Deportment who liavo been employed'from 10 to 2C> years, asking that all casual employees of ten years' service should bo admitted to tho benefits by permanent men, with the exception of superannua-' tion, and that the regulations bo amended accordingly! The potition was read to the llonsn ~r OYanganui) pro-. « sfnted -a-petition" frunrllio Roman Cath- 1 olio clergy and tho Catholic Federation of New Zealand in- opposition to tho Jliblo-in-schools proposal. FIRST READINCS. Tho Election of Ministers and Party Government Reform Bill (Mr. J. A. lianan) and tho Harbours Amendment .;::. Bill (the Hon. F; M. B. Fisher) wero "-•■■•■• introduced and road a first time. ■■■■■ Mr. L. 'M, ISITT (Christchurch '■"*" North); nmking a. personal'explanation. .'.:. ,'f'aid that ho had'not, its Mr. Bell had .'.['.' stated,' mioteii froin tho. memorandum '.''.'•'.' of transfer.of Maori hind at Kaikoho, ', ..T.iil. from, the. memorandum of agrco- ; , ~-ir.cnt. He said also that he had not referred to'tho matter with the idea of i.' !• attaching hlamo to the Government, but - •• simply'with the idea of having tho niat- :""; '"t<?r investigated in'the: interest of tho '"' Natives. . • , "Mr. W. n. D. BELL (Wellington Snb- '., ' ,urbs) said.lio was entirely in ngroe- ,,;.' ..Jiiciit.with.Mr.: Isitt that investigation ." was necessary in tho interests of tho ■•■• 'iNativcs.