TELEGRAMS
fHEIJOUOR QUESTION!
4»* U_ NO BILL THIS SESSION. CABINET AT VARIANCE. COMPLICATION AFTER COMPLICATION. [By Eleotrio Telegraph-Special to "Star."; WELLINGTON, This Day. Cabinet has bee* considering the pioposal for a referendum on- the issues of total prohibition ■ with compensation, State control under .Commissioners or continuance, but the more Ministers' discuss the matter, so .it is reported, the lcs» nearer becomes the likelihood of an agreement. "' "'. •■ . Ministers are divided, and strong argument is put up "against the raising of issues at tliis moment when there is ,a risk of further serious financial dislocation, when the Government has by liberalised pension allowance schemes gone well beyond its estimated expenditure for the. current year. The general opinion at the moment is that Ministers will be unable to compromise upon the opposing' views' within" their Own ranks. Consequently the Bill will not make its appearatr.e this session. .;' V"-i , i
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 September 1917, Page 2
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