ARBITRATION BILL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 174, 16 March 1932, Page 5

ARBITRATION BILL

("Post" Special Commissioner.)

SECONCl READlNlG five government members VOTE' AGAINST measure 't closure applif)p

WELLINGTON^ last night. f'iye.pienihers of ^ "tjie" Cpaiitipn definitely filligned themselves agalns^ their Rarty in the House of RepresentaUtes to'-nighVin dpposInglt^ie prinm^jei of'the Rip; the secon^ readihg'of w^ich' was - Governmie At "suppof ters to vote tjins were: bfessrs. A. j; 3tallwortb§ (,ESe"n),' Wright , (Wetiirigtofi. Suburbs); ff. ti, IjonnQly "=" (]\tid-Cantei'.T bury), A- M. . SaiuueJ ( Thames V, ' aiii W. W. Jffassey ^Hauraki)."" Th'e LaAour Party'" also' ha(l the support of Messrst #. "Atmore (Flels'oii)!, C. AWilkinsop (Egmont), , and Captain H. M."*|^shwortl£ !pay o-Hslafids)".'*, . " /.'lndicatidns previously , menl tidneij'.this" doe's not indicate the full sjfcrerigth oi tfie . Coalition t opposztion to ,ai| t)ie pr'ph'osajs ih. tKe measurej ap(|. ' ijb . expecteli " that ' other "members. who ar e; shp'porpng the JSjll generally will endeavour "to haye, amendmefits made m claiises wn'ich are considered too drastic. Th® .35x11 is npw in the Committee sta^e and no pr ogress hafi been made' on the third Aiscussion "of the shqrt title at the midnight ' adjourpment. Three 'days were expended by .'the Government m endeavouring to introduce the Bill, and .a 'iuyther period of 3 j days was pcciipiea . with^ the sedqnfi r^a^in^r. T^e latter stage y^as hi'ought to a sudden termination to-night. hy the application of the closure, which was moyeji hy the' Prime Minister, the Rt. lipn.. G. W. Forhes, jt is uriderstood that the Govepn]nent to-day, expected to . ^afce reaspAphip progres^ on the Bill and .will move the closure in orper to frusfrate any attenipt to prolong the discussiom *." • It is hlghly probable that,.Clause 2 of the Bill, which gjves the' GoyernMept; gower by Prder-in-Cpuneil, to excludq industriqs or persons ^jotn the operation of the Act, will he he.ld over for further consideration. This provision is said to he strongly opjips'eH. by a section qf .tbe 'Gqyern^ ment^s supporters, and it, is doubtful whether it will he carried, except by disciplinary measures taken by the Party Whips. .