MR TAYLOR'S REPLY TO THE PREMIER.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12845, 1 December 1905, Page 5

MR TAYLOR'S REPLY TO THE PREMIER.

Per Prew A*«»cai*i<sc. ■ > CHRIi>T(HI:K( H. Xaveuiber 3P- | A <m\r«l e!«iim.fl!«>l at. abowi SOK- fis3eai i;»c (.«lr..«eum ifiiJtiag HitJ. wben Mr T.; K. Tnylor replied lo the speecb dclirtre.! Jiy ilie Premier tic pieriijcw evening. ] The proceeding* wcj« veiy lively awl; the earlier |wtt of lie meeliag wa* nowy. j but became mate ordetly as the *pcecb| proceeded. Mr Taylor traversed nwuy of tbe *>tate- ■ mcnl made by tiio Premier .surprise that Mr Se<3don bad not answered; Use question? put t« liim by tbe Women**i Institute, On the voucher question Mr; Tnylor said tl»at be • believed Mr Fiaiaer j was perfectly justified in demanding tbe: information be asked for. He regretted ] as much ax anybody that tbe matter had nor been * cleared np, for i; could not be finally cleared np until the testimony of the four pw* office official* had been solved. He ocmiest-ed that he cr.uld not solve that problem, bat it might lie solved some day. At the close of tbe addres* a . motion wan carried deploring the treachety displayed by the Ministry in it* abandonment of tbo cardinal principle.* of the Libera] party in regard to land settlement, and expressing tbe opinion that the interests of tbe colony and tbf Liberal party demanded a change of administration.