N.S.W. POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1922, Page 5

N.S.W. POLITICS.

AN ALL NIGHT SITTING. ON SALARIES BILL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, May 3. In the Assembly the debate on the Members* Salaries Bill was lively and a decision was not reached until the Government further compromised oy deleting the clause which provided that payment should cease on the dissolu--1 tion or expiration of Parliament. This assured them of full pay during the election and of the retention of railway passes. An acrimonious debate over the scope in the reduction of Ministers’ salaries followed. Sir George Fuller stated that the Government proposed to cut £5OOO off the salaries in one lump and divide the salaries of 12 Ministers among 13. He appealed to the House not to show & spirit of revenge against the Ministers. Various amendments were moved and i a stonewall developed. The patience lof the Government became exhausted and at 8 o’clock in the morning a motion on its behalf for an adjournment of the debate till the afternoon was gagged through. The Assembly rejected the clause in the Salaries Bill making provision for a Solicitor-General by 43 to 35, the Progressives voting with Labor in the majority, and the Government not regarding the defeat as vital. The clause reducing members’ salaries to £6OO was carried by 43 to 33, Labor voting with the minority. The House was sitting all night discussing amendments to reduce Ministers’ salaries.