PENDING CENSURE VOTE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 9

PENDING CENSURE VOTE

! MCKENNA DUTIES MOTION." LABOUR'S FALL UNLIKELY. A. and N.Z. ;^. x : ' LONDON. ' May. 9. A Government defeat on its Budget is always a serious matter, and in view of the announcement by Mr. J: R.dynes, deputy-leader of .the House, that the Gov-ernment-regarded ;as a vote :of censure Mr. Stanley Baldwin's motion that it vis inexpedient to remove the McKenna duties amid the present distress, in Britain,, \ the Government would be b'6un,d to treat a defeat on Tuesday ;in the "conventional way.. It would have adjourn the House and consider its position. ; ... ,' v . . ■' \-, • But the chance of the Government's defeat is infinitesimal, as Liberal support for the Government is certain. Furthermore, Labour, members who favour, the,: McKenna duties are bound, nevertheless, to rally to the Government's support after the statement by Mr. Clynes. , "''*■'.■ ' BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS. AN AUSTRALIAN CRITIC. A. and N.Z. . ' ' LONDON, May 9. Sir Thomas Henley, of New South Wales, . in ■ an interview, roundly condemned the Budget. He said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.; Philip Snowden, seemed to be ' doing his . best to break down the ties, both of sentiment and trade, binding Australia to the Empire. He hoped, however, that the Commonwealth Parliament would not pass a resolution abolishing preference toward Britain, - because he was sure Mr. y Snowden's attitude toward the Dominions was I not that of the majority of the people of j Britain. . - ■''~";■-.'':",; ; . " ..-■ .'■ M