LABOUR WARNED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 118, 21 May 1931, Page 7

LABOUR WARNED.

Senate and its Constitutional Power. WATERFRONT REGULATIONS. (Received 11.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. The "Daily Telegraph's" Canberra correspondent says intense secrecy is being maintained by the Opposition Senators as to the purport of a cryptic statement made by Sir George Pearce, the Opposition leader, in the Senate. His remark was: "If the Government insists on bringing down successive regulations under the Transport Workers Act to replace those disallowed by the Senate, the Opposition will make use of the constitutional powers which it possesses, which have previously been withheld." It was learned last night, however, that what Sir George Tearce had in mind was the undoubted power of the Senate to reject supply. Although the Government has supply until June 30, it is only a few weeks before a further appropriation will be submitted. In a motion for an adjournment, Sir George Pearce advised the Government to make a study of the Constitution and to consider whether it had not pursued its present procedure far enough. "If the Government continues to adopt its present procedure it might find the Senate has resources other than those it has used so far. The Government should not force the Senate to take the action which is within its power and which might have unexpected results," commented Sir George.