FIGHT IN PARLIAMPNT.
(Per ,s.s. Sierra at Auckland.) ' ' LONDON, Maroh 29. The- correspondent at Tokio of the Daily Telegraph reports that the submission ofj the Houue of leers' umendmetrts to (.lie Bill for' nationalisation of the railwajto to the House of Representatives caused a free fight. There Wan a considerable exchange of blows and terning of clothes among members, liventually the police -were BUinmoiled, restoring order, and closed the doors hi order to frustrate in. attempt of the, Opposition to leave tljfc House in a body. ,TUe Bill .« was adopted by a vote of 214, the Opposition deoHning to record its vote, as it considered the Government's aotion in« consistent Avitlr the of constitutional government.
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Poverty Bay Herald, 17 April 1906, Page 2
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