POLITICAL SENSATION.
STATE BTLl'i IMPEDED. VITAL CLAUSE NEGATIVED. NEW SOUTH WALES COUNCIL. By Telegraph—'l'rcsa Association —Copyright. (Received 11.55 p.m.) A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Oct. 14. There w.-i.s a political sensation to-day. The State Legislative Council, by 30 votes to 20. negativing a vital residential clause in the Loral (lovernment Act. Amendment Bill. Under this it, was proposed to confer the Parliamentary franchise on all adults with three months' residence in any shire or municipalityMr. A. C. Willis, vice-president of Hie Executive Council, thereupon moved to report progress. The action of the Upper House is a practical acceptance of the challenge thrown down by the Premier, Mr. J. T. Lang, to pass the Government bills or take the consequences in the shape of the swamping of the Council and later of its possible abolition The Government's next move is awaited with interest, but it will probably be delayed pending a disclosure of the attitude of the Legislative Council toward certain other Government measures. Mr. Willis later gave notice of the introduction of a bill to provide for the appointment of women to the Upper House.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19149, 15 October 1925, Page 11
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