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IN FEDERAL HOUSE A MINISTtR SUSPENDED. 2 (Australian Press Association.) (Received this day at 12 noon). CANBERRA, June 10. i The acting Minister for Commerce, Hon. A. C. Cameron, wa s suspended after a scene in the House of Rcprc--1 scuta tires., This is the first occasion in ■ tile history of the* Commonwealth I’ar,'liaiiient. that a Minister has been sus- . pended. . Mr Cameron's offence was that he described the Wilson huh pendent Country Party as "a clean skin” and when lie lefused to withdraw, lie was named by the Speaker and his suspension was moved by the Prime Minister, Hon, J. A. Lyons. He will be free to return to the House to-day and the episode will have no repercussion.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1938, Page 5
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