LICENSING POLLS.
BARE OR ABSOLUTE MAJORITY
BILL THROWN OUT,
{Parliamentary Special.)
Ou Weduesday afternoon, .Mr Laurensou applied for leave to" strike- off the Order Paper the Licensing Polls Absolute Majority Bill, Avhieh Avas doAvn for its second reading.
"Don't AvithdraAV it; I Avant to vote against it," said au Auckland member.
The Bill-would have disappeared in a twinkling, but the Chairman of Committees—Mr R. -McKeuzie—objected. Accordingly, last evening, Mr Laurensou moved its second reading, aud, in doing so, with figures aud facts borrowed from near aud distaut sources, made au able aud telling address, a lengthy discussion eusued.
: . Eventually only eight members, on division, supported the : !Bare : Majority proposal—viz., 'Messrs li Am'old,' Ell, : FoAvlds, Laurenson, Malcolm, Potile, Stallworthy aud Tanner. E.ifty.-four voted agaiust, it. • , : .' ' • \.._ ,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 5
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124LICENSING POLLS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LIX, Issue 9932, 31 July 1908, Page 5
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