SECOND BALLOT BILL.
GAG CLAUSE DEOPPEft. ' ' :
(By Teleeraph—ParUamentary.; K^^-
WELLINGTON, Thursjife report as to the hdd with the Legislative sentatives on the amendment made"£ the Council m the Second Ballot B UL Summed up, the report amounted £ this, thao the conference had decided t« jettison the clause ga gging th f|*£. and members during the interval tween the first and second ballots *£» they had agreed to throw out the cW inserted by the Council, providing C when the candidate at the top poll had a majority of 500 over mwiw two on the list, there need be no secoid ballot. ■ The Leader of the Opposition jeered at the Premier for giving up p omte „, which he had previously insisted -ivift such vehemence, but the Premier et plained that it was a matter of. arrangement b?tween the two Houses and ' that otherwise the Bill might have'been lost. The House agreed to the amend. ments entered into. »■ ■• •.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 236, 2 October 1908, Page 4
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155SECOND BALLOT BILL. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 236, 2 October 1908, Page 4
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