LANG DEFEATED
THREE ADVERSE VOTES LIQUOR BILL AMENDMENTS SYDNEY, 4th March. Pandemonium reigned in the Legislative Assembly to-day when the Government sought the endorsement of the House to the Legislative Council's amendments to the Liquor Bill. The Government was defeated three times, on one occasion ,by 37 votes to 34, on the motion for the application of the gag; on a second occasion by 37 votes to 35 on the Legislative Council's amendment permitting liquor to be served with meals till 9 o'clock at night in restaurants holding wine licenses, and on the third occasion on the amendment granting licensees the right of appeal. The Government's defeat was due to the fact that -five members of the Labour Party, Messrs. Evatt, Booth, Stuart Robertson, Murphy, and M' Girr refrained from voting. The opposition weiit wild with jubilation, and there were choruses of "Hesign," "Resign."
The House accepted the Council's other amendments, and the final stage of the measure was' carried by 41 votes to 39.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 9
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165LANG DEFEATED Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1927, Page 9
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