TRANSPORT AMENDMENT BILL
BECOMES LAW.
In the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the Transport Licensing Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed on the voices. The measure had been as thoroughly beaten as a carpet in a spring cleaning. Early in the afternoon urgency for the Bill and also the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill had been sought and obtained by the Acting Leader of the House, Hon. P. Fraser, Minister of Educaton, who explained that he had no desire to stifle discussion, but merely wanted the House to sit later than 10.30p.m.
A' somewhat dull third reading debate -on the Transport Bill was enlivened by a frank statement by Mr C. 11. Burnett (Lab., Tauranga) that the Minister of Transport, Hon R. Semple, would have been well advised to have made provision for an appeal tribunal. This admission Avas hailed with appreciaton by the Opposition and there Avas tAvitting reference to “rocking the boat,” and “a rift Avithin the lute.” The remainder of the extended sitting Avas taken up by a discussion on the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill, some amusement being caused by the Minister of Labour. Hon. H.' T. Armstrong, claiming that it Avas not a contentious measure, and that he represented the olive branch betAveen employers and Avorkers.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4652, 28 May 1936, Page 3
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214TRANSPORT AMENDMENT BILL Manawatu Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 4652, 28 May 1936, Page 3
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