WILD DEBATE.
‘ FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. MOTION OF CENSURE. ' CANBERRA, Feb. 28. A stormy debate is in progress in the House of Representatives upon the Transport Bill, which gives the Federal authorities more power over industrial disputes. . Labour members to-night shouted wildly, describing the measure variously as a “bludgeoning Bill,” “Latham’s leg-iron,” “a branding .iron” and “a conscription of Labour Bill.” Mr Scullin, Leader of the Labour Party, to-day gave notice of the following motion: “That in the opinion of this House the Bruce-Page Government, by class legislation and partisan administration, has caused a dislocation of industry and is responsible for the crisis in the timber industry.” The motion 'is regarded as one of censure.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 10
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113WILD DEBATE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 10
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