FINANCIAL DEBATE.
NEW LAND POLICY DISCUSSED. , AMENDMENT DEFEATED. PREMIER REPLIES TO CRITICS. • > :; The i dob ate on : , thoFinanoial Statement ;.-rea.« . oontinTiW in the . House ' of Representatives •' «nd concluded at: midnight. Early . ; 'T. E. Taylor's amend- • ment .was unespcct«lly Tuled out of order on " : tlio gromid :that"it; was-/similar;, to a, motion of whioh"ho had' given notice. ;Mr. G. W. ■;:Eusseli ihen moved- an .amendment in favour of referring the 7 land; proposals' to a rsferen- '< dum,'whioh was defeated' by 50 votes to 17. . .VMr. : >: j.Ksher ; contrasted. ; former"' ■ opinions of • I'owkls, Millar, ' ar.d ' Laurenson wli '. tho present land proposals. Tho debate, was.'.continued in. the' evening l ' by • Mr'. Herdman, Mr.Herries.'and other,speakers, and Sir Jbsaph Ward rose ;to .reply at 11 p.m. '■ : The Prime Minister, in the course' of . his • speech, defended; the Government's land propo- . the.ground/that; a ; majori;(y ;of his ' party Had always been freeholders, and had . naturally/exercised. iniiueiico upon the Governm<®t. *Si,r, Joseph also ..mad®, an interesting rstatoment in reference to tho primage '. duty and, his estimate of a surplus for next year. The Houss roso just after midnight.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 5
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