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VOTE AGAINST LABOUR. * DEFEAT UNIMPORTANT. 3T CABLE —PKESB ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, June 24. The Government sustained another defeat in the House of Commons by a vote of 315 votes to 175 in consequence of the opposition of a Liberal combination in favour of a motion to refer the Housing Financial Provisions Bill to a committee of the whole House instead of a. special committee as the Government sought to impose. The defeat,- however, was one on procedure and not on principle. No political significance, therefore, is attached to it and other business was proceeded with. Prior to this incident the Bill, which embodies financial resolutions, had already passed the second reading after opposition. A motion for rejection was defeated by 269 votes to 205. The opposition argued that it was unsound in theory and in practice and the finance was thoroughly bad. The Liberals also expressed some discontent, and it was the motion of a Liberal (Mr. Masterman) which ultimately resulted in the Government discomfiture.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 June 1924, Page 7
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