QUESTION OF PHRASEOLOGY.
"The Legislative Council yesterday up- . held its reputation as a revising chamber. . The' Bill under discussion—the • Hutt River Board Improvement and Reclamation Bill—had parsed through the House of Representatives, and had beenread a' second time in the. Legislative ■Council.' It remained for Sir William: Fraser, when the Bill was in Committee,,' to question.the phraseology, of the tide" Was the Hutt .River Board to be improved or reclaimed, or was the reference, to the river ? he asked. The member in charge of the Bill ;iri-'. niitted that there was something wong. with the .-title, and at His suggestion the word "board" was struck out. Otherconsequential amendments were made and the Bill passed as amended.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1922, Page 7
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116QUESTION OF PHRASEOLOGY. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1922, Page 7
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