REFERRED RACK TO COMMITTEE
THE HARBOUR BILL QUESTION OF BROKEN BARGAIN I SHUL'LD BE FI LLY EX.- i.L, SAYS MR. NASH. I I (P.A.) Parliament Bldgs.. Aug. 11. After a further brief discussion in | the House of Representatives to-day. | me Wanganui Harbour District and i Empowering Amendment Bill, was reI ferred back to the Local Bills Comj mittee for further consideration. I When Ihe debate on the committee's report was resumed, the actingPrime Minister (Hon. W. Nash) sail that if there was any possibility of a bargain being broken he thought Mr. J. W. Munro should agree to take the measure back. Mr. Munro (Gov.. Dunedin North) said he did not think the committee should kill a local Bill. He was not prepared to take the responsibility. In l.is opinion the bargain made in 1913 was an unmoral concession to the counties. Should it last for ever like the laws of the Medes and the Persians? he asked. As cha,rman if the committee he I would accept the amendment, and when the Bill came before the committee again it would be discussed in
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 191, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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183REFERRED RACK TO COMMITTEE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 191, 15 August 1941, Page 6
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