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CENSURE MOTiON DEFEATED THE ANTI-TRUST ACT. (Received Lasft Night, 9.40 o'clock.) MELBOURNE, July 12. The censure motion .proposed some days ago in the Federal House of As'swmfoly by Mr A. JJeakin, Leader of tth,e Oppcr/Ltiohi!, on diae ground -that Ike (Government had .not deal* in -a /proper manner Avit'h induswal matters, /was defeated. The voting was a-s fcClows: — For >tb& motion 25 Against .the motion. 35 Majority for Government 10 Tin. itlws iCCur,Ee cf the .debate, the Hon. ,W. .M. Hughes, Afttonre'y-fJe'n-orail, announced that the Shipping Compares had withdrawn: their action for the iiis-slt>?ng of *tho Amiti-Trust Aot, arising out of the Corfl Vend case, and 'had paid all fines and costs, amounting to over £16,000.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10686, 13 July 1912, Page 5
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126FEDERAL POLITICS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10686, 13 July 1912, Page 5
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