N S W ASSEMBLY
iGOVfcRHMT CAUGHT NAPP.NG
A FASCIAL DEBATE
(Received Last Ni?i«t 0.10 o'clock.) SYDNEY, September 5. The Government was caight napping over Dr Arthur's Herald article motion, and fell into a trap set b,\ .
'Opposition. The debate was farcical and w:s •treated as a huge jest. The Hon. James Me'Gowcn was .badly angered at being trapped. The Speaker took hiy revenge by '. ruling the division as frivolous, thereTry limiting the entry in the records to the bare mention of defeat of the motion. ' SPEAKER WILLIS. k. SILENCES INTERSECTING MEMBERS. .(Received Last Night, 9.10 o'clock.) SYDNEY, September 5. The gist of the Gas Company's counsel's addresses before the Assembly was.that the Rill would inflict a gnev<ous wrong on 'investors, and deprive them of property lawfully acquired. He complained that he was deprived -of the main argument because Speaker "Willis would not allow him to make a - comparison with English legislation.
' The Hon. James McGowen tmavailingly appealed to Speaker Willis to i Tallow •counsel latitude.
Mr Willis silenced interjecting "members with threats of removal.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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174N S W ASSEMBLY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10713, 6 September 1912, Page 5
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