TEMUKA PARLIAMENTARY UNION.
The usual meeting of the above was held last Tuesday evening l , When the House assembled the Clerk took the chair, Mr Twomey wished to know by what right the Clerk took the chair while the elected Speaker of the House was present. Mr Aspinall replied that that would be explained. Mr Twomry asked why a motion had not been m-ide that the Clerk take the chair. It was a most extraordinary proceeding for the Clerk to roll himself into the chair without any authority to do so, Mr Wills then moved that the Clerk take the chair, and this having been agreed to, Mr Aspinall said that he had been entrustad with the formation of a new Ministry and had been successful. He read the names of the new Ministry as follows :—W. G. Appinall, Premier and Attcrney-General ; W. H. Hargreaves, Colonial Secretary and Treasurer; G. Bolton, Native Minister and Minister for Education ; W. Ashwell, PostmasterGeneral and Minister for Mine.- ; K. F. Gray, Minister for Public Works and F,ands, He said tiny had not had time to drvelope th ir policy, hut. they would bring down their policy measures next meeting. Mr Giay ex-
plained that tlie roisnn he had resigned the Speakership was because his constituents wished it, as they considered they had been neglected. Mr Twomej then proceeded to mike a vigorous attack on the new Ministry. He singled nut the late Speaker, who had admitted he hod resigned the Speakership and taken a portfolio for the purpose of getting something for his constituents. lie also animadverted on the Premier for not having formed a Ministry out of the party he had hitherto been working with. The debate on iho subject lasted for dome time, and, when finished, the Premier moved—" That an address be presented to Her Majesty, congratulating her on the marriage or her youngest daughter, the Piincess Beatrice." Mr Tworney seconded the motion, and, after considerable debate, it was carried. The House adjourned antil next Tuesday.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1384, 27 August 1885, Page 2
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335TEMUKA PARLIAMENTARY UNION. Temuka Leader, Issue 1384, 27 August 1885, Page 2
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