FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 9 August 1930, Page 9

FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

ONE OF MOST STRENUOUS IN HISTORY

LEGISLATION PASSED

United Press Association—By EUetrlo ?tl*t graph—CopyrijM. (Received yth August, 9 a.nv) CANBERRA, This Day. The session of the Federal ,Parlia« m'ent, which has been one of the most strenuous in history, has ended. A motion in the Senate that its amendments to the Arbitration Bill ba not insisted on was defeated. A conference between the Senate and House of Representatives resulted in a> compromise with regard to contentious clauses in tho Bill. The Bill, as amended, was passed by the House of Representatives and also agreed to by tho Senate. NO SALARY SEDUCTION. The Senate, by 14 votes to 4, in th» early hours of the morning, decided t« request that a statutory measure bs introduced to provide for a reduction of 10 per cent, in the salaries of Ministers and members of the Federal Parliament, also of members of the Public. Service. ' : -._. The Prime Minister in the House of Representatives this afternoon announced that he could not accept th» Senate's request, which after a stormydebate was rejected on tho voices. NAVAL TREATY APPROVED. The House of Representatives approved the London Naval Treaty' for the limitation and reduction of naval armaments. The Income Tax Bill, prescribing the new rates defined.in the Budget, passed all stages. ■ .-.-, The Senate passed the second reading of the Sales Tax Bill. FAREWELL TO LORD STONEHAVEN. Lord Stonehaven, whose - term;- of office as Governor-General of;:AustraH* has nearly expireti, was officially farewelled by tho Ministry.- ; '{xlowinj tributes were paid by the Prime Minister and Mr. Latham, Leader of th« Opposition, to the.splendid services Lord Stonehaven had rendered1 during his five years of office. - . ;: : r His Excellency said he had immensely enjoyed his sojourn in Australia.