MR HISLOP’S RESIGNATION.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 348, 7 September 1889, Page 2

MR HISLOP’S RESIGNATION.

A NO CONFIDENCE MOTION. MORE FLAGRANT WASTE OF TIME. (ebom oub own correspondent.) Wellington. last night. At the afternoon sitting in the House the speaker announced that he had received Mr Hislop's resignation of his seat for Oamaru. Sir Harry Atkinson, in moving for a new writ, expressed regret that Mr Hislop should have’ deemed it necessity to take such a step, but he felt proud that his colleague had shown such a high sense of honor as to deem it his duty to tender his resignation. Mr Ballance also regretted the course taken by Mr Hislop, though perhaps under the circumstances it was the right one. Sir George Grey could not find it in his mind to condemn the action Ministers had taken in the Ward-Christie case, for he believed they had done what they hon ’stly believed to be right, and ho was sitisfled the Govornment thought they were dealing with a case in which a Judge had adjudicated under circumstances which in England would debar him from so adjudicating. After further discussion the motion was agreed to. At the evening sitting on the motion to go into Committee of supply, Mr Grimmond moved an amendment “ That the House regrets the Minister for Justice should not have recognised that in fairness to their late colleague an explanation with regard to the Ward-Christie case was due to tho country.” , , ~ Sir Harry Atkinson asked whether Mr Ballance was aware of the motion brought down by Mr Grimmond, to which Mr Ballance replied that ho approved of it. Sir Harry Atkinson said Mr Ballance should bo ashamed of the tactics of a party which had no sense of responsibility, and whose only desire seemed to be to humiliate the Government. It was time this sort of thing was put a stop to, and he was deteripined to do it. He would not proceed with any other business, but would move the adjournment of the House till the following day, when he would inform the House the view the Ministers took. Mr Ballance deprecated the Premier taking every motion of the kind as one of want of confidence. The motion was then agreed to and the House rose at 7.55. It is believed the Government will defeat the motion by a majority of 10. Mr Hislop left yesterday by tho Rotorua for Oamaru. Judge Ward was also a passenger to the South by the same steamer.