The Federal Parliament

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 199, 6 May 1902, Page 1

The Federal Parliament

Meluournk, May 2. In the House Sir E. O. N. Uraddun’s amendment to reduce the first item of the defence estimates by £1 as mi indication that tliij defence vote should be reduced to £200,000 was carried against the Government by 25 to 21. Considerable excitement ensued, as the vot« was laken as an indication t’l.t the Government should make a saving in the estimates next year. The remainder of the defence estimates passed without amendment. Mr Symons, in a brilliant speech of nearly three hours, during which the galleries were crowded, said thu be Senate should do its best to give justice and Quality to its work, and do it soon as possible. He made a Biasiiipy attack on the Government. Although he was utterly opposed to prole;;! v, duties, he was willing that they should not do anything unreasonably harsh m cruel, or destroy any reasonable indu-L y established .under protection. The tariif was full of anomalies. Personally ho would rather have State socialism limn protection for manufactures. He desired that industries should advance, but not at the expense of the primary producers of Australia, and not with the sound of the grinding wheels of monopoly. The debate was adjourned.