THE GATING BILL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3715, 10 November 1927, Page 2

THE GATING BILL.

SHELVED FOR SESSION. Wellington, Nov. 8. The final vote on the second reading of Sir George Hunter’s Gaming Bill was 20 votes in favour and 4 against. The division list and pairs were as follows:— 1 Ayes (20): Atmore, Bell, Coates, J. S. Dickson, Eliott, Field, Glenn, Hawken, Hockley, Hunter, J. Mason, Nos worthy, Pomare, Rhodes, J. C. Rolleston, Seddon, Sykes, TapIcy, Williams and Young. Noes (14): Armstrong, Bar tram, Fraser, Ilenare, Howard, Jordan, J. A. Lee, Martin, H. G. R. Mason, Parry, Potter, F. J. Rolleston, Savage, Ward, Pairs.—For the Bill: McLeod, Reid, Hudson, Smith, MacMillan, Walter, Nash, Bellringer, E. P. Lee, Forbes, Wolford, Linklater, Campbell, Horn, Dickie, Anderson, J. R. Hamilton, Lysnar, W. Jones. Against the Bill : Wright, Bitchener, H. E. Holland, Stewart, Sullivan, Forsyth, McLennan, Uru, Luke, Sidey, Ngata, Burnett, D. Jones, Veitch, Ransom, H. Holland, J. McC. Dickson, McCombs, McKeen. As the night wore on members tired' of the debate, and an unusual number paired and went home to bed. Still there were twenty present, just a sufficient number to “keep a House,” and the Bill might have been taken into committee pending the reappearance of other supporters yho could, have been roused from their slumbers, as has frequently been done on former occasions.

That the Bill would have been successfully piloted through its committee stage even under these circumstances yvas very doubtful, for the moment it got into committee the opponents would have rallied and there would have been so determined and lengthy a stonewall .that there would have been' little chance of the Bill becoming law during the time that could have been given to it at this stage of the session.

IWe have now certainly seen the last of it for the present session.