POLITICS IN TASMANIA
GOVERNMENT DEFEATED. MEMBERS CROSS HOUSE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. HOBART, October 24. In the Legislative Assembly the Lee Government was defeated by 13 votes to 10, three members of the Nationalist Party crossing the floor. ELECTION INEVITABLE DISSOLUTION REQUESTED. By Telegraph.—Press - Assn. —Copyright. (Received October 24, 5.5 p.m.) HOBART, October 24. The Government was defeated on its financial and taxation proposals. The Premier asked the Administrator for a dissolution. The Administrator has not yet announced his decision, hut an election appears inevitable. OFFICIAL DISMISSED INCOMPETENT AND NEGLIGENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received October 24, 10.10 p.m.) HOBART, October 23. The Governor in Council approved a minute submitted in pursuance of the Railway Management Act removing George Wishart Smith, Commissionei of Railways, from office, on the grounds of negligence, incompetence, and m isbehaviour.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11659, 25 October 1923, Page 8
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