Parliament’s Diary
After an all-night sitting, Parliament passed resolutions containing provisions for the emergency measures introduced by the Minister of Finance (Mr Muldoon). The document was passed at 9.10 a.m. yesterday, and the House held a recess for 40 minutes. At 10.30 a.m. the Minister of Transport (Mr Gordon) introduced the Transport Amendment Bill. Its introduction and first reading were debated throughout the morning, and it was 2.15 p.m. before the bill was formally read a first time.
Since midnight the previous night there had been 16 divisions, in which the Government majority varied between four and six votes. The Address-In-Reply debate was then resumed. The speakers were.—National: Messrs G. A. Walsh (Tauranga), A. D. Dick (Waitaki), and J. F. Luxton (Piako). Labour: Mr R. M. Macfarlane (Christchurch Central), Sir Basil Arthur (Timaru). The house rose at 4 p.m.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31362, 6 May 1967, Page 3
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