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ADVERSE REPORTS ON BILLS RAILWAY DECISION ENDORSED I
WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Statutes Revision Committee i of :the Legislative . Council recom- ! mended that the Distress and Replej vin Bills should not be allowed to proI ceed and a motion by Sir Francis i Bell that the report should be re- | f erred back to the committee, as there j were proposals which were worthy j of consideration, was defeated by 15 ! votes to 13 votes. The same committee recommended that the Judicial Proceedings Regulation of Reports Bill, which aims at j excluding from newspaper reports of ■ divorce, separation or affiliatipn cases j any matter calculated to injure pubI lic morals, should not be allowed to proceed and that the matter should be referred to the Government. The Council endorsed the Railways Board's recommendation by 23 votes | to two votes.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 40, 9 October 1931, Page 3
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