CENSURE MOTION

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 118, 12 February 1926, Page 9

CENSURE MOTION

REFUSAL TO REGARD IT AS URGENT

heated scenes in n.s.w. PARLIAMENT

By Telegraph.—Press Association Copyright. (Rec. February 11, 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, February 11,

There were heated scenes in the Legislative Assembly when Mr. T. R. Bavin sought to force a discussion on his censure motion on the Government. Mr. Bavin moved that the motion be regarded as one of urgency and discussed forthwith, stating that never in the history of the State had a censure motion on such an important constitutional issue been relegated to the business paper as Mr Lang had relegated this one.

Ministerialists refused to discuss the matter, and the motion that the matter be treated as urgent was defeated by 43 votes to 33.—Press Assn.

HOT DEBATE ON ELECTIONS BILL

MR. HOLLAND AN INTERESTED SPECTATOR.

(Rec. February 11, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, February 11,

Mr. Harry Holland, the Leader of the Labour Opposition in New Zealand, was an interested spectator in the Legislative Assembly, which commenced a debate on the Parliamentary Elections’ and Electorates Bill, which is practically a replica of that previously passed and amended by the Vpper House. The debate was marked by violent scenes, in which Mr. Murphy, a member ot the Government, was accused of violating a pair. At one stage a free fight seemed imminent, but the proceedings later quietened.—Press Assn.