PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9187, 6 September 1906, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

, ' COLLAPSE OF THE FINANCIAL DEBATE. [By Telegraph.!-'— Spkcial; io Sta&.] • WELLINGTON, September' 5. '• ■• 'me collapse of the financial 1 debate 0 came very suddenly to-day. Mir' Hogg, the 'only speaker, made a.oojlorkfie and luke-_ .warm closing .at 3.35 p.m., , and . Sir. ,. Joseph ■ Ward's r.. reply; icame mtheir suddenly, .one.>orrtwoK;modes(t wayexere .beings nipped > in the bud, whaler/half a : 'dosien'oew members;' • who 1 were- ptepaiing 'perorations in th l e> library 1 were shut out. Sir Joseph' Ward spofce for on hour, and after a personal explanation by Mr Massey the House went straight in'.o <»mmi [ tteeiof supply ,-on the estimates.Tlie collapse of the debate is due to the d'eaeion'of 4 the .O^potitdoin to.aiesarve/ their strength/ for' a-cWticism^ of' tbe" liana 'BiH.t 1 AGRICULTURAL ELECTION. o , f( . After, the session., $*& M^a^^ofyliands .will inake..a.r,psp<>n^'ri4nspeciao& of :the> expeiimentAl stations in< theicotntry.' MeanwMe-^he Government Ma decSded r upon a course of adtion.in (regard tq Applications froj\..agrJos(fer6X c and pastoral associations for grants 1 , to assist in carrying out experiments in growing root .crops, <^asif|ed, t jnto tw/>, dashes, ,, senior .ajid juß^or, ( andf any ,_ that applied to. the Gbv.ernment .would get £25 if a senior -association, ; and £10 if junior', for aunryjig out 'exfjeriments. '■ If .. any aescciattonV had been ;^'Qlapr ty *°^ fit &&mfßf*Wrt.qintiJiag „o^,.irjinwtical. expeirimentg»,it .would' get a larger area, under experimental plots and better value for ite. money than' in the past. v ■ i THE LAND/PROPOSALS. . r , WELLINGTON, September 5. , A new phase of the Goveimment piroposals was enunciated by Mr McNab laet evening and (renders it unlikely that the Opposition will move any adverse motion at a later stage of the debate. The opinion is now that the freehold v leasehold division cannot be brought' on. In fact the leaseholders complain that tne Government policy is too liberal to-the freeholders. The possibility of anything of interest occurring during tihe de^ bate is remote. The Government proposals so far make no provision against drunmydsm.