ABSENT LABOURITES.
MEMBER FOR GREY LYNN EXPLAINS.
Somo amusement has bean caused! ifll' tho House of Representatives by tlio fact that when tho Labour Department Estimates were put through Committee carlv yesterday morning not a smgio member of tlio Labour Party Ms in tho Houso. As a consequence these Estimates went through without a word of discussion. In tlio Houso yesterday afternoon), when Mr. J. Payno, Labour 'member for Groy Lynn, was accusing tho Government of failing to adjust fixation in tlio interests of tJio poor man, Mr. C. K. Wilson niterjecte : "Why didn't you say that on tno Labour Estimates P ' (Laughter.) "Wo are going to say it on .Hie. Imprest Supply Bill," retorted) Mr Pavno, "and take somo hours to do it." (Renewed laughter.) Ho wont 011 to state that tho Labour party (of fivo ,members) had decided at a caucus mooting that tlio proper course uoula bo to defer its remarks on Jvaboiir matters in or<lcr that tliey might bo fully reported in Hansard. Speeches in Committee on tho Estimates, it iiiay bo mentioned 1 , aw only briefly reported in Hansard.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1859, 19 September 1913, Page 4
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184ABSENT LABOURITES. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1859, 19 September 1913, Page 4
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