Political Crisis at Home.
DEFEAT OF GLADSTONE'S GOVERNMENT. RESIGNATION OF TttE MINISTRY. (BY ELECTRIC TBLKGttAPH. — iCOPThIOBT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRBSS ASSOCIATION.) London, June 9. Iv th<; House of Commons, Sir Michael Hicks- Beach's motion, condemning the Budget proposal* of tho Government uaiiio on for discuHeion. Mr Gladstone saiJ the Budget quration *rould mean the life or death of the Government Mr Childera, Chancellor of the Exchequer, charged the Tories with opposing conceasions lo the Colonies. Some excitement wasjoausod during the debute by the PurncDitdS jumping np on thtr •■sats and endeavoring to speak. On the division being ta^n, the motion wan carried by 261 to 252. The defeat of the Gorernment was quite unexpected. A number of Liberals abstained from voting on Sir M. Flicks- Beach's motion. Th» Daily News states that the Government trill reaijjn. The Standard and Times both deprecate the result of the motion. June 10. It is generally believed that the Conservative party will accept office, if called upon to do so.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 12, 12 June 1885, Page 2
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166Political Crisis at Home. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 12, 12 June 1885, Page 2
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