ARBITRATION BILL.
A MINISTEB EESIGNS. MB KINGSTON AND FOREIGN SEAMEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 9.46 p.m., July 24. Melbourne, July 24. When the House met this afternoon Sir E. Barton announced that Mr Kingston had resigned hiß portfolio in consequence of a difference of opinion with his colleagues. Mr Kingston thought that provisions ought to be inserted in the Arbitration Bill controlling the wages of foreign s.oamen engaged in the coastal trade. Other members of the Cabinet thought it should be part of the Navigation Bill. Mr Kingston had refused to reconsider his determination, and ho had accepted the resignation with the greatest conceivable regret. He gave the House the assurance that friendly relations existed between Mr Kingston and his colleagues. I Mr McMillan tendered Mr Kingston his hearty respect for acting up to a high principle. Mr Kingston said that he was sorry to part with his colleagues, for whom he had the greatest respect. Stiff, he deemed it his duty to take the course he had.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 951, 25 July 1903, Page 3
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