A Significant Vote.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 28 August 1912, Page 3

A Significant Vote.

When the House was asked to censure the traducer of the member for Wairau and to decide virtually that no amount of " coiv fidentials " written across envelopes can prevent a slander from being slanderous or a libel from being libellious, amendment was moved to add thirty-nine names of the other recipients of the libellous letter- why it is impossible to understand. This was opposed violently-why it is also impossible to understand. out of this arose a violent party wragle —why it is likewise quite impossible to understand. What matter however is that the party wrangle once started held on until it placed sixteen votes of majority on the government side —the figures being twenty-three opposition against thirty-nine government. This is three days after the budget, and the majority of the government is doubled. No plainer p?oof of the trend of affairs has been given since the government took office. It is for them now to consider their majority in the light of the question of " what will they do with it?" The Liberals may as well take the box, shut up the properties and go to sleep ior a time. Labour struck them in the back at the elections, and they went into the hospital accordingly. Now there is going to be a funeral. Sic transit ! Well they had a good innings and they have vitality 'enough left to join in whatever drastic

treatment may be meted out to the too presumptuous labour.