N.S.W. POLITICS
S l it!.’ RIS 1:1 TO GOVERNMENT. NINE BCPrORTERS CROSS FLOOR. MOTION CARRIER BY THREE VOTES. • L'.i’.A. ay Elce. Tel. Copyright*. SYDNEY, May 21. In the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, nine Government supporters crossed the floor of the House to vote against seiid.ng the Minister of Education, Mr. H. D. Drummond, to England l'or the educationists’ conference. The vole was on a motion by the ex-Minister Health, Mr. "Weaver (TEA. IT), that the contemplated trip involved “unwarranted expenditure of public money.” Mr. Weaver sa.i,d : that the main subject of the conVerenc.v was “education and a free soe'et,* —a discussion Oil the foundation of freedom in a free country.’’ lie asktvl whether it was necessary lor a member of; the Government to travel 13,000 miles to discuss that. . ■ Mr. Weaver’s motion was del tilled hv 41 voles to 3S.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12867, 22 May 1936, Page 2
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