NO PRINCIPLE INVOLVED

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1930, Page 9

NO PRINCIPLE INVOLVED

MOTION OF NO-CONFIDENCE.

VIEWS OF M.R- C. A. WILKINSON.

(By W ire —Parliamentary Rcporter.) Wellington, Last Night. Surprise at the action of the Leader of the Opposition (the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coatee) in moving a vote of no-conli-denco in the Government at the present etage was voiced by the Independent member for Egmont (Mr. C. A. Wilkinson) in the House to-day, Unless the Government’s actions were in direct conflict with his set opinions he would continue to give it his support, he said. “I cannot understand why the amendment should be moved at this stage,” said Mr. Wilkinson. “It seems to me that where we are requiring unity and co-operation we are getting discord. This is the first evidence of that fact. The Government is a new one, and before it has brought down a single legislative proposal we have this amendment of jio-confldence. Well, we all know how the vote will go, and I think it will show this House has no confidence in the Reform Party. For once the Reform Party will not be able to muster its full voting strength, for the Independent member for Gisborne has publicly declared that he will not support tho motion.”

A Reform member: "Won’t you be supporting a further amendment?” Mr. Wilkinson: "I have no amendment at present. I may be moving one later which the whole country will be interested in. I want to give the Government th© fullest possible opportunity.” ■ ' • Mr. Nash: "You don’t like the amendment.”

Mr, Wilkinson; "No, I don’t like it and I won’t support it.” Mr. Nash: "We expected that.” Mr. Wilkinson said there was no principle involved in the amendment.