PARLIAMENT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10301, 23 February 1912, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. , | Per Frsss Association. Wellington, February 22, The Council met, in the sfterncca, i adjourned for presentation of the i Addcoss-in-Beply to Hia Excellency, and on reassembling imßisdisSeiy adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I February 22. ! The Hon Be met at 3.30. j javlng a return on tbs t-bla, asr'Joseph Ward informed the House tha- the value of the Goveeinnsit* 1 holdings burned during the pass 10 °e«B was £57,637. This was («- elusive of school bnsldmgs. bsa 4jjr,K Q baildiags baen iriaursd premiums wcsld nave oast £90,00043 la the House 021 Wednesday affe^rMr Sidey continued the debate on She ac-coLaaence motion. Ho j oaSd the debate was ae:;cH;s-;i So that had g"s i- taken placj £n iae New Zealand Parliament The reanlfc o<" the election was a vote of want of confidence ia the legislature .of tha Dominion. Tim* had been admitted throughout the debate. He west a-: to* urge *h3 advisability of naioa between the Lsbetal and Labour Vai'fcies. Aa t 0 fene Present position be eaJd'he knew very well that the opposition tol'the nasty was directed personally against Sir Joseph Ware. sad an impressioa had been oi'eniea that he had been reaping peculiar? benefits frora the raising cl loans. Mr MaoßonaLi oarriea on the tiebate till 5 30. He apobo ia praise o£ j the policy outlined ia the Speech | and said If any government earned out that policy St would have dene well for tha people of New Zealand J The Liberal F&?fcy intended to be loyal to its chief and not give away j the reins of oower until: it had been (decided that" ha was not supported I by the majoslty of tho meinbsi*. I Tha O'iposJL-Soa vtged tho naossaiS* of settling Nat??e Land, b&t to hJs i mind they appeared to be aaxloun to { nettle naMvee. Tha Opposition's 5 continual cry that the Government | hsd not ccttlad land was a cert her- " riaj» d'awa acroas the track to cave ! thoVs friends who had held thcuI s&rida of sscrea, The ! always psi'saecS a p/ogrsssivo Sand I policy. "Tiiej had refrained from i pafitins; settlers on poor oocKtr.'1 which would cot give adequate is- | tnrn fov a maa's labours and which l therefore would not make it possible | io pursue read snd bridge construefcicn, I The House rose at 5 30. ! The House resumed at 7 80. Mr Payne said tha policy aa ont- ! lined In the Governor's Speech was I «a sympathy with inn Idea of the I Labour policy. So far, the Gpposi- \ tioa had cive'u him ao opportnatiy | to lsa?n what they wonld do. &s far i ?,b the Governor's speech was oon!earned, he had heard a great denl abont it being an icsnlt to the Go- | vesfjos, the membera at?,d the people, 5 bit he oonld not see where Sho iu--1 suit cams in. R 3 had given his pledge to the Leader of She Opposition to vote for his fl!de last Friday 596315. bnfc ho oould not now see any iastifiontion for keeping it. If ho deemed it expedient to break hi a pladge he would not scrapie about it. He wonld rather break his pledge than commit Labour interest to murder. He, while in the korth, had been led to believe that there were certain irregularities goiug on in the conduct of the country's effaiis. Since be had been in the HoQse, the only things he had been absa to hear ware innuendoes. Last week, a Meeting of his constituents had been called to asfe him to reßign in consequence of rumours circulated in Auckland *hat he infcendsd to vote for Mir Joseph Ward. The meeting had finished by requesting him to vote against the Reform Party. Icnuoudooß had bsen ia oironlation that he had been bought by the Ward Government been told him bv"the Leader of the Opposition himself. Mr Massey: "Tell what yon told me in my room." Mr continuing, a«m he weald deal with that master lat«r. Any attempt to infloeaoe hira by specioas mrgament would bo fntsl«. He considered he was conserving She interests of the people by supporting the Liberals. He had heard Sir Joseph Ward repcd&te glanders issued daring tfcha elections, bat he had not heard them disoneaed by the OppoalsJoa He had heard cf the recklessness in finance of the present Administration, but he had not heard or seen anything to warrant him believJag it He believed there was a new party in the making, combining Liberal and Labour interests! and ha had to consider what was the test bargain for the Labour Party. Kefening to the oharges of reckless borrowing and saanndering, he characterised them as inventors and cited from an English authority to show that what had bßen done in New Zealand was what was being done in England by reunjoipaltiies. His moral"was that New Zealand, as in England, was expending money on works of utility and profit He bad come to Parliament with an open mind and bad; listened to both sides He had, he declared, never listened to such dishwater arguments as had been nttered against the Government. To sum the position up, ha had not heard ; anything to pass on to his constituents in Gsey Lynn as sufficient to vote out the Literal Government on a no-confidence motion. He looked forward to a combination of the Liberal, Kadioal and Labonr memberg to work together for the gen eral good. REBUKE BY MR HAKRIS. Mr Harris said he was the representative, he believed, of tan thoueand of the most intelligent electors in New Zealand. His electors had sent him down on a deflnaite mission and he intended to fnln! that mission. It was So oust the Ward Government. He was ashamed to know that av. 7 man was prepared to stand np and'soy he would break bis election pledges. Mr Payne called himeelt a Labour representative. He himself represented as much Labour interest as Mi" Payne and what had the Government done for them? All they had to thank the Government far was a lot of emnty promises not carried out. Dealing with railway I matfteso, Mr Harris said the New Zealand railways wore the meat disgraceful in the world and it was time some Administration other than the present one un-destcuk tha management of them Tha policy pursued by the Government ia coanecfcion with the Native Lands called for severest condemnation, in connection with 4ho Dreadnought, he

I sabmitted that the TSovernment bad lost tho confidence of the conntry in allowing that offar to be made without consulting the Hoase or ths» | people. Tho offer, as it waa made, waa distlnotly aatocratio. ICveo tbe Dza? of Russia worcld not ba?o do'ie what Sir Josph Ward fcsd. Wo doaot KJ;r Joseph Wr.rd'a idea was sincere, bat ho hsd gone the' wrong way K-bHKt- »6. He wonid not detain the Eosm uav He only rose to tell Mr P'.y; : .:o v/hat be thoagbt of hiea in :;.'::•"•; hia pr'naiples in ths &r Pa 7 ci p., in a psrsossl explanation, 'jrdd ii is eleoJicn pledgss enntnsinsf? no T.i'edgs that ba ebcah'3 vote asaissft sde Ward AdiainfssratiOH. T'c:cv ware typed o"fc and wors in haste's of bis eomssitteo. Mr HSndmarsh thanked Mr Mas ;: av for bei-a,;; the tneriJaai for the yafcaen of ao niaay Oppo3itJon csemoere, a@ that oSroamstaaoo piaosd tbe Fjabon? Psrtj? *in the happy position hf controlling the Hoase. His sympathies w<-".ro in tho raain with she Liberals bas. he woeld never aay pnriy who had Msr MiSJar in tbe Cfibinot. Mr Millar's attitude in opposing the rating on unimproved vslVo had alienated from hiua tr.io E5 7 aip'?.tfay of till trns doaioerst3. He ositfeised ihs policy of the Go-yern-EsecS and declared he waa in favoar of the of the functions o? tho State. He oritioissd the ssethods of the Land Department ESid co«tonded fcha% th? Departmentftl nlsn sbonid ba avbilablo to every >KiP;rjfc-:r of Parlianieut in order to suable bim to 063 the character o'i the tsanGaistiona. Menabsrs, he sa!d : ccsst abaolnta getralohtfoi:wardnesa on tho Bart of the Adzoiii'jix&tGVß and the faliost SaforniEiJon on every transaction. Mr Brown entered into the genera! osritdch-ina of the Opposition, The Opposition hs-"! declared tbst the Gofeinmact had done nothing, bat if KOSiilsg else waa doaa than the pas"ii?ig oi* tfee Whiov/s Pensions Act !m6 sesaion. good work had been done. The Opposition waa productive of nothing but talk. Be proceeded jo indicate the Liberal jsesasrag which 6ba Opposition had opposed, snd defended the Government's finance, The Opposition were tJadisg fanli with everything. He cited from tho Governor's speecjh "variocs propci;sls and nsked as eanh olaasa, "Is cbei'3 nuything wrong with that?" Mr Dickie moved ti'.e adjoumrasat and the klcmse rose at 11.50.