N.S.W. LAND POLICY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 189, 28 July 1911, Page 1

N.S.W. LAND POLICY.

LABOUR GOVERNMENT RESIGNS. [FUSS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT). J Sydney. July 27. It is reported that Messrs. Briner and Levien, two Independents, have decided to vote against Mr. Holman's adjournment tonight. This jeopardises the Government's position. HOUSE ADJOURNS UNTIL TUESDAY. In the Assembly. Mr. Wade, Leader of the Opposit ion, held that. Mr. McGowan had a right to say whether he would resign or not. The House ought to await his opinion. After a desultory debate, Mr. ■ Holman. acting-premier. stated that the Lieutenant-Governor had made it quite clear that he accepted the resignations on certain conditions, which he did not think he ought to make public, but which had nothing to do either with Mr. McGowan or the constitutional position The House would meet on Tuesday, but he and his colleagues would have no business to place before it. The Supply Bill was passed, and the House adjourned till Tuesday. Mr. McGowan left England a few days ago en route to Canaria. A cable from him is expected tomorrow.

It is believed that the outcome will be that M>-. Wade will be sent for.

J TING PREMIERS POSITION

The Council passed Supply at» to night. Shortly afterwards. Mr. Holman entered the Assembly and announced : — ‘ln view of the position ■ • has arisen in the House. I an< colleagues determined to tend the Lieutenant Governor cer advice which His Excellency <• not see his way to accept. Ih. ■ therefore placed the resignation • : the Ministry in his hands.” Mr. Holman added that the Lieu-tenant-Governor asked him. t-o communicate at once with Mr. McGowan, but he had not yet had an opportunity of doing so. He would cable Mr. McGowan to-night. Hr moved that the House adjourn and await Mr. McGowan’s reply. Mr. Wade objected to the adjournment, on the ground that the only person constitutionally to resign was Mr. McGowan, and the proceedings were premature. The House should also pass the Supply Bill through its final stages.

THE HOUSE IN A BUNGLE.

• Received (28, 10.10 a.m.)

Sydney, July 28.

The outgoing Ministry will continue the administration of Departments until the new Cabinet is formed.

Late last night Speaker Cann resigned his position. This puts the situation in a tangle hard to unravel except by dissolution. The House will meet on Tuesday without a Speaker. There are forty-four members on each side, Liberals and Inde-

pendents are against the Labourites.

The nonLabour party will accept the Speakership.

GOVENOR CHARGED WITH • PARTIALITY.

Mr. Holman states the resigna- ’ tion of the Government was not contemplated until Messrs Horne and Dunn caused a loss of the working majority on which they had relied since taking office. He saw they could not carry the adjournment motion and he had ad vised the Lieutenant -Governor (o Prorogue the House until the by»etoction’. This was not accepted. <*U»u the uuiy tn re sign.

Mr. Griffith, in an interview, ar tacked the Lieutenant Governor. ■ asserting partiality, and stated ♦ hat he had disenfranchise-. 1 the people by not acting on the advice of the Government which on the! last division of the House showed' a majority of five.