Parliamentary.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 965, 30 July 1881, Page 3

Parliamentary.

[fbom oub own correspondent]. McDonald “Ratted” from the Government. Government Triumphant. Qrmond Defeated. Wellington, July 29. The No-Confidence Motion still occupies the/ attention of the House, but concludes lan McDonald said he would V ap and vote against the Government, as their policy was ruinous to the whole of the

East Coast District. He animadverted severally on the conduct of the Government, in reference to the disposal of Waste lands, and their utter inability to propound a policy for settlement of Europeans on lands.! Fbiday, 9 a.m. The House divided at midnight, on the second reading of the Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill. Mr. Ormond’s amendment, the Government accepted as tantamount to a Vote of Want of Confidence. Ayes : 41. Messrs. Allwright, Atkinson, Bain, B'ltham, Bowen, Brandon, Bryce, Bunny, Colbeck, Dick, Sir W. Fox, Messrs. Fulton, Gibbs, Hall, Hirst, Hursthouse, Johnson, Kelly, Kenny, Levin, Mason, McCaughan, Murray, Pitt, Richardson, Rolleston, Russell, Saunders, Seymour, Shanks, Stevens, Studholme, Sutton, Swanson, Colonel Trimble, Messrs. Weston, Wakefield, Whitaker, White, and Wright. Noes 36 :—Messrs. Andrews, Ballance, Barron, Brown, DeLatour, Finn, Fisher, J. B. Fisher, J. T. George, Gisborne, Grey, Hamlin, Harris, Hutchison, Jones, Levestam, Lundon, McAndrew, McDonald, Montgomery, Moss, Ormond, Reeves, Reid, Seddon, Sheehan, Shrimski, Speight, Tawhai, Tairoa, Te Wheoro, Thomson, Tole, Turnbull, Wallis, Wood. Pairs : McLean, Oliver, Moorhouse, Collins, Stewart, Bastings, Tomoana, Shepherd. The Bill was ordered to be committed that day fortnight The Parliamentary business is dull. This afternoon the Government and the Opposition arranged to debate the Financial Statement on Tuesday next. The Government withdraw local Government Measures.