PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1775, 30 August 1884, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

.. (United Press Association.) [By Telegraph.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . . SATURDAY, In the House Mr Stout in moving the no-confidence motion feid the Atkinson Government did not .-.possess the confidence of the. country and ridiculed the idea that the policy of the Government, was not the same as that of the continuous Ministry, and the House would not do its'dutf if it "did. not record its'voice igainst it. There were good reasons why a change of Government should take place and new blood be. infused. He attacked the Government ,on; its public works policy, and held there was discontent from Invercargill to -Auckland at the railway administration. Charitable aid also ought to be put on better footing. What he would • like to see would be the formation of a strong and Btable Government capable of carrying on the business of the country. Mr Wakefield replied and stated there was no cause for complaint -against the Government, and he hoped the fullest discussion would be allowed. He denied this Ministry was a continuous Ministry. The father of the continuous Ministry was Vogel who. was in •office for eight years. The last speaker said new blood, should be infused, well when he had a chance did he do it! No! He took as members of his Government members who were Ministers in 1854, and members of the Grey Ministry of 1877. He would admit the country had returned a number of gentlemen to support Vogel, but they had-not reckonqd on his allying himself to-the party he had. He thought the opportunity should be given to the Government to bring down a policy. He defended the public works policy, and

ftould if he remained in office endeavor '"to bring about a change in. the.local question. '„ The oharge that becauso Major Atkinson was at the head; of the Government it could riot change, its policy waSjabsurb. He himself would have formed] ■an;, entirely different 'Ministry from the present if he .had had its .■formation. The brow of Grey would be orowned, not those of other section of the Opposition. The hon. gentleman; .(Stout) would once again with his small compact of followers, seize spoils 'of victory, while others would have nothing but the blows and scars. Several members had come to the castiron rule to support no Ministry of

which Yogel was not a member. This he thought was an unsatisfactory state of things, He argued that the Minis' try was'a moderate one, and was what the colony had asked for. In conclusion he hoped member would go into the lobby with the party his conscience 'directed him to support, Sir Julius Vogel was not sorry to see flow blood on the benches. Scant courtesy was extended to the last Government, and the present one was not antitled to further consideration. Very m Members had thought that the new Ministry would be virtually the old

Atkinsonian one. The Governmen now on the benches had been warnei away again and again by the country : The reason of this was because thi j colony was getting in a worse conditio; year after year, and;becausß.the Gov '.ernnient had refused to open new jjathi '■ot*. progress. Jf- anything shoulc have 'told Major Atkinson thai the coutitiy. had no confidence ic him, it. was after his sturiip tour round the colony. -There could be no doubt that when the people found out thai titles' to their property were to be jeopardised and intimated their departlire for another country where their lpds. would be secure. The time was rapidly, approaching when the Government .of the country must rest with the people,. Conservatism in the future would be a substantial quality. The late Government came down with a very substantial bill of fare in the speech which dealt with, matters of the utmost importance to the colony. The fulfilment of the policy thus sketched out depended on the financial statement and the greatest compliment had been paid to them in the fear exhibited that they would command the approval of the country. He favored a Land Tax and censured the' public works policy. Coalition he thought a necessary step, and one which would form aGoverdment which would be a benefit to the colony—not like the present one. Major Atkinson denied that the title to land was jeopordised. His statement had been that if large estates were impeding progress they ought to be resumed by the State and compensation paid. He could not admit that capital ceased to be used and that enterprise was dead, The only enterprise that was dead was land speculation and this was not. to be regretted. He did not know what the term continuous Ministry meant, but felt proud he had so long retained the confidence of the : House. No doubt the electors were against the Atkinson Government as it had been constituted. r The country wanted a new Government. They had it, and. he asked the.House to consider what they'would do if the Government were defeated. It did not want a Stout-Vogel party, He had endeavored to bring about a coalition, but obtained no assistance from the opposite side of the House. He said all the money of the public works fund was spent in accordance with a schedule passed by Parliament. In conclusion he said that if the vote went against them, and he believed it would not, he would bow to the decision of the House. It would relieve him of much anxiety, and whoever succeeded him would not have an enviable position. Mr Guinness moved the adjournment of, the debate to enable the Government to develope a policy. He expressed ; himself favorable to the present Ministry. Mr W. F. Buckland seconded the amendment. He said Parliament „was ' tho concentrated essence of scheming and dodgery, He would support the present Government. Mr Shrimski objected to the further adjournment as a waste of time. Mr Monteath supported the adjournment, and Mr Gillies objected to the latter, and spoke strongly against the Ministry, urging a coalition, Messrs Hakuene and Pere also spoke against the Government and further waste of time. MrßEvANsaid he would vote against a continuous Ministry. He would support the present Premier if a member of a coalition Ministry. Mr. O'Oonor favored an adjournment as it would enable him and others to form a better idea of the capabilities of the Ministry.. Mr MoArthur objected to the Government being turned out. A division ion the amendment waß then taken and lost, by 43 to .37. Mr Pike s4id* fee would like to see time given to,,the ; Government to develop a policy. Mr Fergus:spoke in favor of the present Government, Mr HursthoußE claimed that the Government as at present constituted was a moderate'.. one. Every attempt had been made to form a coalition, but the other side of the House did not want it. ; A division was taken at three this morning, the Government being defeated by forty-three to thirty-five. The following i 3 the division list : Ayes: Allright, Ballance, Barron, Bevan, Bradshaw, Brown, J. 0. Buckland, Cadman, Dargaville, Duncan, Garrick, Gillies, Gore, Grey, Harper, Holmes, Joyce, Lance, Larnach, M. J. S. Mackenzie, J. McKenzie, Montgomery, Morris, O'Callaghan, Pearson, Pere, Pyke, Reese, E. Richardson, Samuel, Seddon, Shepherd, Shrimski, Steward, Stout, Sutter, Taiaroa, Te Ao, J. Thompson, Tole, Turnbull, Walker, W. White, Noes: Atkinson, Bruce, Buchanan, Buckland,. Connolly, Cowan, Dodson, : Fitzherberfc, .Fulton, Grigg, Guiness, Hakuene, • Hatch, Hirst, Hobbs, i Hursthouse, Hurst, Lake, Levas- i tam, Locke, Macarthur, Moat, Mon- i teath, Mitchelson, Moss, Newman, i O'Connor, Peacock, G. Richardson, i

Rolleston, Ross/Kussell, 'J. W. Thon* son, Wakefield, J "B.'Why te.

Pairs,—Ayes: Vogel, Smith, Stewart, Coster, McMillan, Macandrew, Fisher, arid Eraser. ;i

j '"Noes: Johnston, Hamlin, Trimble, 'Ormond, Bryce, and Beetham. The result was received with opposition cheers, and on the motion of the Premier, the House adjourned at 3,10,