The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Friday, October 17, 1879.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 927, 17 October 1879, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. Friday, October 17, 1879.

What we feared a few days back has come to pass. The business of Parliament has assumed the shape of a deadlock, through the obstructiveness of the Opposition members. The cause may be told m a few lines. Mr. Macahdrew and the chief leaders of the Opposition wish to obtain immediate possession of the Ministerial seats. Mr. Hall and other of the Ministers have determined that the business of the country shall be proceeded with. The Opposition intend to refuse to vote supplies until the want of no confidence motion has been brought and hastened to a division. Mr. Hall will have none of this, and consequently the House adjourned last night, shortly after 10 o'clock, without anything having been done, and we presume this will be repeated night after night until parties are exhausted, or some mutual under standing come to. Mr. Hall is quite as clever a Parliamentary tactician as Mr. Macandrew. The latter is stubborn ; Mr. Hall firm and persistent. And so the business of the country is brought to a complete standstill. Thousands of men are out of employment. It is doubtful whether the five million loan will be floated either m part or m whole. The Maori troubles increase, the Maories being astute enough to see the weakness of the Government through the strife of pai'ties. - And with these huge embarrassments upon us, Parliamentary representatives are showing their patriotism by fighting for pay and place, while the country may go to the dogs for all they care.