ANGRY SCENES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.
UPPER HOUSE CONDEMNED
SYDNEY, 7th July.
There were angry scenes in. the Legislative Assembly, when the Labourite, Mr. E. P. Kinsella, moved a motion of protest against the Legislative Council's obstruction of Government legislation. The motion urged that a protest should be transmitted through the Governor to the Dominions Office.
The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. T. E. Bavin, declared that it was quite unprecedented for a private member to bring forward a motion involving a fundamental constitutional principle.
The Premier, Mr. J. T. Lang, replied fcliatj private members had rights, and were perfectly entitled to speak as they thought fit. ■ Moreover, said the Premier, he agreed with Mr. Kinsella's contention that an attempt was being' made to govern the country through the newspapers and by the wealthy interests. This the Government would not tolerate.
Mr. Kinsella's motion was carried on a strictly party division.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 10
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149ANGRY SCENES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 7, 8 July 1931, Page 10
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