TASMANIAN POLITICS.
VOTE OP NO-CONFIDENCE. By 'feleg-aph Press Association.— Ho bart, May 30. Parliament was formally opened yesterday, Mr. Davies being elected Speaker. Mr. Nicholls (Leader of the Opposition) ] opposed the Premier's motion to adjourn till June 20, on the ground that the recommendation of the Ministry involved ,i • / question of propriety in the selection of Mr. Propsting as Attorney-General, and <>! ':,'.; Mr. Urquhart a.? Treasurer, both having - been regarded as Opposition members. Mr. Nicholls said his action was tantamount to a motion of want of confidence. The Premier accepted it in that light and adjourn- ~■ ed the sitting till to-day. In the Legislative Council Mr. Morrisby V-. moved the adjournment ot the House to call attention to the changes in the Cabi- . net. The present Attorney-General had changed his views, and so gained place and pay. ' : Mr. Propsting, in a dignified reply, repelled the insinuation, as the policy of his v Government hart oecn taken up by the pre- -'■ sent Ministry. The motion was withdrawn. ~ "i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13191, 31 May 1906, Page 5
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