THE WANT-OF-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10519, 29 July 1910, Page 4

THE WANT-OF-CONFIDENCE MOTION.

By Telegraph". (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, July 29. Of the seven members who did not vote on the no-confidence motion, six are definitely claimed by the Government, the seventh being Mr Newman, a purely Opposition supporter. 'The opinion is generally held that the amendment was submitted for electioneering purposes. . Several .Government supporters fell into the Opposition net and voted against the Government, while on the other hand Messrs Fisher and Wright, who hold purely leasehold views, voted with the Opposition, and their votes may be discounted on the actual land question. ■ Mr Ell, the 'senior Whip, told a reporter that he had communicated with the six members and all would have voted with the Government. Messrs iLukc, M'Laren, and Sidey were all staunch leaseholders. Mr Hogan, also, was a leaseholder caught napping by the division. Mr Wilford is a freeholder, but he definitely informed his constituents he would vote for the Government on a no-confidence motion every time. Mr Kaihau had always voted with the Government.

Mr Ell added that Mr Sidey had gone to Dunedin on the distinct understanding that he was paired with Mr Allen. Mr Ell says this would have given a majority of sixteen.