PARLIAMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 451, 9 October 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

(by telegraph.) Wkllington, Oct. 9,

The principal business bef r« the House of Representatives yesterday was the no-confi-dence motion of Sir. Larnach, which he gave notice of at an ea; ly hour in the afternoon. After one or two small matters had been di.-posed of, the Premier a*ked that the noconfidence motion should be tone on with at once. There being no objection to this, Mr. Larnach at once proceeded to move, " That the Government do nut possess the confidence of this House." The debate was not a very lengthy one, members on all sides being desirous of coining to a dccisi'-n without delay. At half-past 9 o'clock a division was taken, and the Ministry defeated by 4'2 to 38. The •following is the division list: — Ayes, 42—Messrs. Baigent, Ballance, Barff, Bastings, Brandon, J. C. Brown (Tuapeka), J. E. Brown (' shley), Bunny, Curtis, De Lautour, Diguan, I'ouglas, lisher, Gi-borne, Grey, ilainlin, Mi-lop, Hodgkinson, Joyce, Larnach, Lusk, Macandrew, Montgomery, Murray, Nahe, O'Rorke, Pyke, Kees, Rolleston, Seaton, Sharp, bheehan, Shrimski, Stout, Swanson, Takauioana, Thomson, Tole, Travers, Wakefield, \\ alhs, Wood, W. Noes 38.—Messrs. Atkinson, Beetham, Bowen, Burns, Button, Canington, litzroy, Fox, Gibbs, Harper, Henry, hunter, Hursthouse, Kelly, Kennedy, Kenny, Lumsden, Manders, M'Lean, Moorhouse, Morris

Murray- A ynsley, Ormond, Reid, Reynolds, Richardson, Richmond, Rowe, RusS'll, Seymour. Stevens, Sutton, Tawhiti, Wasou, Whitaner, Williams, Woolcnck.

Pair..—Ayes : Messrs Reader Wood. Taiarna, and Kryce. Aoe* : Messrs Cox, Stafford, anil Douglas. Sir R. Doujlas, who had paired for tho Government with Mr. Bryce, having been accidentally locked in, v.ited in consequence with the Opposition. Messrs. Johnston and Macfailane did not vote.

The House adjourned till 7.30 p.m. today. _^______^____