MR. ATMORE'S AMENDMENT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 1, 1 July 1925, Page 6

MR. ATMORE'S AMENDMENT

A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

The terms of ;Mr; Atmore's amendment, notice of-which was given last night, are as follow :— "That tha following words be added to the motion of tha member for Franklin :■*- .

(1) That it is imperatively necessary in the best interests of the Dominion that a strong, stable National Government should T>e formed during the present session, in order to provide a comprehensive policy of reconstruction and economic and social 'betterment;.and. by so ministering to the true needs of the people, avert the dangers of a breakdown of representative Government, and the menace to orderly progress now threatening, owing to the increase of parties and the consequent inability of Government to function for the welfare of the State. .

(2) That no considerations of party advantage, personal ambitions, or claims of candidates should be allowed to block tho way £o the immediate formation of such a National Government. ;

'-.(3) That in the 'event of the parties .concerned failing to arrive at an "agreement to establish such a' Government, full information shall be given to' the-people,*.showing the-nature of tho proposals discussed, and the attitude and actions o£ each party, so that the public may tlien judge those ,-who have failed to put national interests before the interests of parties and persons, and thus proved unworthy of the public confidence