PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 84, 26 August 1912, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE BUDGET DEBATE. BJ Telegraph. Press Awoeiation. a ftp. m ., . .Wellington, Saturday. dMw , m <lnl ß ht Mr - Atmore said he P «ts ,o Lrrj l ° "*"•»""" «■« V^l 8 ' said the lvat«hword of the Reform Party was progress and everyone knew that the change of Government had fen in the best inmarked b the Dom , inion - Xt had been marked by unproved conditions in trade and commerce. Referring to the Mache Said the paid was the highest for many years. His Government did not intend to foster y movement to increase the cost of S™?', t« the ,«,£ 3 tile tariff, he asked if it was a fair thin<* to expect the Government to deal with such a huge matter within a few weeks of coming into office. The Opposiiton et If V nythin " Wr ° n " with the Budget. if they saw anything good in side Sl i I+7 " 0t R ° me ° Ver t0 llis and help the measures through, as some of the more enlightened of' their party had done? His party was out to give effect to all the refolds thev had advocated years ago._ They were out to ! and political patronage, and it they could not be successful in that connection thev were prepared to to the people. He referred to the "Post Office loans, and .said depositors would not lose through the recent Post Office i .A e ! enin S to the national debt, he said the Government was not going o pile up the debt, but was goinw to ■borrow sufficient for the publi6 works and development of the country. On the land question he said lie would sooner submit to a resolution of the House than not fulfil (his obligations. He set out the planks of his party's platform, and said lie intended to carry them out. Ao such programme had ever been laid before Parliament or the people. The House Tose.