THE NEW SOUTH WALES UPPER HOUSE.
LABOUR WINS FIRST ROUND
nv TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. In the Legislative Council Labour won the first round of the Abolition Bill, the motion for introduction being carried by 45 to 43 votes. Paired Labour members refrained from voting. 'l'he Bill was read a first time formally and adjourned. The general opinion is that the Bill will be carried by one vote. LABOUR ALL.C.’s STATEMENT. THE AIR ELECTRICAL. SYDNEY, Jan. 20. The New South Wales Assembly, by forty-five votes to forty-oito discharged the Electoral Bill from the OrderPaper. .Mr Lang (Premier) replying to Mr Bavin (Opposition Leader) said he had no intention of flouting the people. THE Legislative Council would he abolished, now or later, without any referend u ill.
When the Legislative Council met the galleries were crowded, and the air was electrical. Hon Afr Willis imodiately moved for leave to introduce the Council Abolition Bill. AJr Alam, one of the new Labour appointees, declared that Labour would lie blundering by abolishing tlio Chamber.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1926, Page 3
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