GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.
EXCITEMENT AT HOME. Bs* Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 11, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, April 10. The Government was defeated by 140 to 138 on a snap division on a motion foi an adjournment- following the Ministry’s refusal to grant an inquiry into the salaries of former temporary cierks. The .House rapidly filled and there were exciting scenes, the Labourites crying “ Resign.” Mr Ramsay Macdonald (Leader of the Opposition) asked what the Government intended to do. The Postmaster-General replied by formally moving the adjournment.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17013, 11 April 1923, Page 8
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