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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5123, 24 August 1877, Page 4

’The'taxation' debate has beeri' : s6 : ; tangled ■by amendments and'amendments upon 1 -ametldments-f-pt'opbsals to; add, to strike I'.oufc-'of'MxJ' insert wbrds'y-'that 'itjtvasi by, J n6 means’.easy to describe ,hpw, the, way, -was.‘cleared.on.fW nighty to : en^ ; able IVlajdr, ’ ’ Atk/NSOn’s , : tft .become, t the-, substantive ' motion.. The Government,, did,,.not t vote for'i Sir jG. .Geex’s; proposal. ~ What, they arid their supporters; did was to: vote “aye” when

tile-question was .put,- “That the words .proposed to be omitted stand; part ofthe question.” By this course they , prevented. Mr. Bunny’s amendment upon Su/George Grey’s ~ amendment being carried. If it . had been tarried, Sir George's proposition would have required the change in the incidence‘if taken to be made “ next session,” iristead of “ immediately. ” Then;' Sir George’s amendment- still standing as ho moved it, the Government again voted “aye” when the question was put’a second time that “ the words- .proposed to be omitted stand - part of , the question,’’ ■ This affirmed that “all the words after/that’” in, Mr. : Woolcock’s ; motion , should not be-;omitted'to.imake;; way-for Sir George . Grey’s; amendment; but subsequently,, by : the'< Government and their supporters voting' (, ‘ nd ’’ on' a similarly- ; framed questienj l . aU'/those 'wqfds were; Emitted,' in order tb: give place; tb [Majbf ; Atkinson’s ; amendment; ’ The net result 'of/all' this/ was, 1 that 1 Sir ’ pb’sal’ tho' form; in' which, he pro-, posed it) negatived—a result that; could not . .have been , .arrived at . without that ■misleading .“aye,”; .when,,.his,, proposal seemed to be, but was not;,;put' to ;the ■House.;;;,’'> t -.-to ■ :