THE FINAL SCENE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIV, Issue XLIV, 23 January 1924, Page 5

THE FINAL SCENE.

LABOURITES CHEER LEADER.

SOME LIBERALS VOTE. AGAINST LABOUR.

«i OAWiI-s»sjJb AiwooifcTiaa—coytaiem LONDON, J,an. 22. Tiki final «e#ne marking the advent «f the first Labour Government in Britaia was «nacted^with. unexpected calmtmw There ha« been more excitement am nutuy divbions io recent years than that which turned out Mr Baldwin and

taeugkt a chang« in British politics not «aatettj?lated «yen s few awmths ago by the most sthnwd observers. Tke Labourites cheered Mr Ramsay iiacDonald heartily. Some waved fcudkerchlef a, but "Th» Red Flag" was art sung and there waft no wild exoltatiqa. the prolonged debate and, the inevitability of the result is probably *k»«xpsanation of this comparatively »moti(mk«s .finale. ; Tte only ainrpris* forthcoming was the few Liberals voting with the <Jt>nsei vatiWßs, in «f heavy #hipi)»M« up bf *, aeetion of 4^e press and pro^nostUQWßons of the «?:tinction of the Liboral Party if Ft handed the Government •f the country 4o th© Socialists. Tb© closing Tiour of the debate was tte greatest. The Prince of Wales and tlie Duke of York listened from a gai-fciry-crowded with peers. At the other 4UHHo£3&e House M.r« Baldwin sat vatchwg her husband, and peeresses mnd the wives 'of Labour members jostled to get a better view. The Jina! speeches brought sharp and Mrmws cheers and interjections. Mr HaeDonald spoke earnestly, especially nrl)»a he declared that none could i efivy whoever took the reins of Government

from Mr Baldwin. Mr Lloyd George, who was absent throughout the eventing, was one of the first to vote ior the amendment. Sir "John Lavery, ih& academician, sat sketching for an his- ■ -toric'picture.,-.::■;;;^,-L.7.'"'.^'■•' ;*■'-' : .•■*■"* Mr Baldwin d^ired an ad|ournroeht, until February 12, but the, Liberals se«ared tho sitting to-day in ordeg- to emphasise that owing to the strike Fanianient ought not to be adjourned so long, .' : ",:l .-.„; ■■ .■-;■•;■.:':•.-■,■'.■-•. ". ■'. •