FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
TIIE MINISTERIAL CKISIS< ' MELHOIiUNE, April 21. Sir. John Forrest, in a characteristic speech, almost brutal In its frankness, revolted against the pressure to which the Government had been subjected in the past at the hands of the Labour Party* The Navigation and Arbitration Bills had been put in the for*front of the Ministerial programme td assist the Labour Party, and the latter ha-d hurried Ministers on to their doom, and were now ing to be their executioners. y A new situation has developed during the present discussion. Thoro is an amendment by Mr Fisher waiting the measure apply to civil servants gviieruJjy. At the outset of the debute it was not thought there was any chunce of this being carried, but at the present stage of the debate the chances of carrying; it haw improved. It is belived (Tiat if this happens Mr Reid (Loader of thp Opposition) may be a»ked to form a Ministry. Should the amendment bo lost then Mr Watson's amendment to include railway servants is almost certain to bo successful. In that event Mr Watsgn may be asked to form, • Ministry. (Received April 22, 1.6 a.m.) Mr Fisher's amendment was carried by 38 votes to 29. *
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 92, 22 April 1904, Page 2
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202FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 92, 22 April 1904, Page 2
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