Another Row in the Brisbane Parliament.
OPPOSITION MEMBERS LEAVE ; THE CHAMBER. THE PUBLIC CHEER THEM. (PEB PRK3S ASSOCIATION). Bbibbank, Sept 12. There wag another exciting sitting of the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. Mr Powers gave notice of motion, That the suspension of seven members was not in accordance with the Standing Orders. The House then went into Committee on the Peace Preservation Bill. Mr Glassey's amendment, to alter the title of the measure to Coercion Bill, was rejected by 33 to J7. The closure was applied before the title passed, and the whole Opposition then left the Chamber in a body, amidst vociferous cheers from the public galleries. Mr Kerr was suspended for seven days for defying the Chairman.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 67, 13 September 1894, Page 2
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119Another Row in the Brisbane Parliament. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 67, 13 September 1894, Page 2
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