FEDERAL GOVERNOR – GENERALSHIP.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 29 May 1902, Page 3

FEDERAL GOVERNOR - GENERALSHIP.

DiSCUSBION IN THB HOUSE. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received 28, 10.39 p m. Melbourne, May 20, Jn the Federal House, in Committee of Supply, Mr McMillan raised the juration of Lord Hopatoun's resignation. It came as a shock to the Com-

(monwealth, and the Opposition would Srank® every effort to drag ioto day- | light alt the secrets of this fiasco. The (Government had rushed the Governor- , General's Establiibmeat Bill through j without making the pisition clear, and tije House had dfalt with the whole j matter in a bundling fashion. Lord 1 Hopetoun was sa.iificed through the weakoes and inefficiency of his ad-; visers. If the leadens of tbe parties | had b?en coo?ulietl with regird to the!

Bill thsy would net have lost Lord liapstaun for tj" reasons cow given. Mr D-iakin, in reply, raid Lord

Hcpatoun had expressly desired the Government to s'riti that his resigna-

tion w<s iu no wny occasioned by atythio« aiis.ing f'om 'elations with his present adv s,<> s. Ha *l<o wished it clearly understood that his action wag not taken because of the Parliamentary action or the debates on the Establishment Bill. Mr Deakin denied thatj

Mr Barton had naide any arrangement ptior to Lord Hopetoua's aniv»l with to allewancs, and he defended tbe Government with reference to its bringing the Establ shment Bill forward earlier and giving the Home a chairs of fully discussing it. More imp? tan» measures ]u evented the Government from introducing proposils definitely fixing ths allowance 'o future Goverao/B-Geoertl.