THE COMMONWEALTH,

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 96, 21 October 1908, Page 5

THE COMMONWEALTH,

WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOTION Press Assn-^By telegraph — Copyright. MELBOURNE, yesterday. In the Federal House of Representatives, Mr. Reid moved the motion *of censure on the budget proposals. In a slashing speech,' he charged the Government with reckless finance, which enormously increased the revenue, but proposed to absorb the whol© remaining after paying back the three-fourths to the states. That would leave nothing to meet the vicissitudes of Federal finance, and no margin, of safety in a desperate system of finance. The Federal services, especially the" post office and the Defence Department, were being starved, while the Government proposed largely to 'increase- the outlay in connection with old age pensions, the defence scheme, immigration and in Other directions. (Received this day, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, to-day. Mr Deakioi, replying to Mr Reid's attack, said that so far from being extravagant, he had been rigorously economical. The sums returned to the States had gone up in a gratifying fashion, but the States were far from satisfied. On the question of the Commonwealth borrowing, it was essential that some understanding should be. arrived at between the Commonwealth and the States. It would be with the utmost reluctance that he would see the Commonwealth embark on a, borrowing policy. Government was: carrying out a policy which the people of Australia were more and niore coming to appreciate, and were carying it out with the assistance of the Labor party, with whom . its relations were entirely in accord. ■ The: Labor party held a caucus last evening, and decided to support the Government. About 200 unemployed invaded the vestibule, and attempted to enter the galleries of the House. _ The police were reinforced, and ultiniately ejected the men from the. building.