THE YOUCHER AGAIN.

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 39, 8 September 1905, Page 2

THE YOUCHER AGAIN.

♦ Premier Moves Resolutions. Telegraph Press Association Copyright Welltnoton, This Day. In the House this afternoon a debate took place on the Auditor- ! General's report on the alleged payment to Captain Seddon. The Premier moved that the report of the Controller and AuditorGeneral be adopted ; also :— 1. That this House is satisfied that the charge against Captain Seddon of improperly receiving payment for reorganising Defence Stores, and against Messrs Collins, Grey, and Moßeth, of giving untrue certificates relating thereto, has been completely refuted, and never should have been made. 2. That in the case of Captain Seddon, this House regrets that the charge against him should have been reiterated after it was found to be unfounded. 8. That it be an instruction to the Supervisor of Hansard and the Government printer to insert in the bound copies of Hansard at the end of the speeoh made by the member for Wellington (Mr F. M. B Fisher) in which the charge was first made, and at the end of every debate wherever subsequent reference was made thereto in Hansard, a copy of the Controller and AuditorGeneral's report, and that attention be drawn to the said report and to this resolution, and an intimation be given that the said charges have been in* vestigated and refuted. Mr Fisher declared that his witnesses could not possibly have made a mistake in stating that they had seen a voucher payable to B. J. S. Seddon, and urged in fairness to them Government should grant a public inquiry. If that were granted there would be exceedingly startling disclosures. Mr McNab moved an addition to the Premier's motion, congratulating the Treasury officials and Captain Seddon upon the vindication of their reputations. Mr Taylor also urged that a public enquiry should be held. Sir Joseph Ward pointed out that some of the Postal officials at Christchurch had broken the regulations by disclosing information whioh they wero bound to keep secret. Mr Laurenson admitted that the weight of evidence was overwhelm- j ingly ngaiust auy payment whatever haviug beeu made to Captain Seddon for reorganising the Defence Stores. It was suggested in the course of the debate that the whole thing was based on the hallucinations of the Cbristchurch postal officials, but Mr Fisher ridiculed this suggestionMr Seddon said as to these officials there would be a Departmental inquiry, and it would be private or public as the Governor • in - Council determined. Mr Massey said he was in complete accord with the AuditorGeneral's report, but be objected to the Premier's proposal to interfere with Hansard. He also thought Mr McNab's amendment was unnecessary. The Premier's motion was earned by 47 votes to 5. The following voted against it : Messrs Laurenson, Fisher, Taylor, Moss, Bedford. HEALTH IN SPRING. In the springtime trees most have new sap to sustain the growth, and man, too, requires pare health-giving blood. In the winter months the blood becomes charged with various foreija matters, and these must be eliminated as speedily as possible. Withont new blood, witnont pure blood, you will feel weak and languid, suffer from head* aches, variable appetite, nausea, pimplee, and boils will show them* selves, and the skin will have a pale, pasty appearanoe. A ipring tonio, a spring renovator to give the system a thorough cleansing, is needed, and there is no tonic to equal Impey's May Apple. II ii a purely vegetable medicine, being compounded of May Apple, Tarkey Rhubarb. Caseara Sacred*; Dandelion, and other roots and cerbs . It is a tonic-restorative of inestimable wine, and ia thoroughly effioaoloas in the spring maathi. Gocd for yorng and old. Chemists and Btarai, 2b 6d pez bott!e. 'What ia it banished Coaghs and Gold ? Woode' Great Peppermint C«f • Equally good for the yonna and oldWoods' Great Peppermint Core t Better than Plasters. Drags, or Pills, Killing the germs of a thousand ill*. Baying a foitar* In doctors' bills— Woods' Grtftt Peppermint Cwo I