AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 161, 25 November 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

CHARGES OF MALADMINISTRATION. By Gable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, November 23. In the Assembly, during the discussion of the Public Works Estimates. Mr. Griffith's administration was severely criticised.

Mr. Henley claimed that chaos reigned from top to bottom of the department. He deliberately charged Mr. Griffith with maladministration. The very dogs were barking at the maladministration for the past twelve months. If the Minister refused to accept the challenge to set up a commission of enquiry wide enough to cover the three charges, he was not only the biggest maladministrator, but the biggest bounder in the State.

Another member declared that the fat man of the future would be associated with the Labor Party. Mr. Griffith made a heated defence. He characterised the storv alleging that he had invested £40,000 in "England. where he was going to live when he retired from politics, as the blackest of lies. He was a poorer man to-day than when he took office. Mr. Levien retorted: "You are a bigger fool than we took you for."

THE NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION. Sydney, November 23. There is a possibility of Mr. 'Wood's motion being shelved.

Mr. Holman states that unless the Speaker insists on giving it priority, it is unlikely to be discussed during the present session, and will be put among the list of undesirable motions which at the end of every session are consigned to oblivion. The more general opinion is that Mr. Willis will insist that it be taken on Monday. Mr. Holman has announced that the Government hoped that the end of the session would be in December. A number of Bills will be jettisoned.