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JOURNALS OF THE SENATE.
THURSDAY, 7th AUGUST, 1919.
1. Meeting of S enate.—The .Senate met at, three p.m., pursuant to adjournment.
2. PRAYERS. '
3. Standing Orders Committee : Second R eport.—The President, as Chairman of the Standing Orders Committee, laid on the Table the following Report, viz. :— Second Report from the Standing Orders Committee, dated 7 th August, 1919, with the proposed new Standing Order relating to Time Limit to Speeches. Ordered, after debate, to be printed, and taken into consideration in Committee of the Whole
tomorrow. .
4. Questions.—Questions on notice were answered.
5. P rinting Committee : T hird R eport.—Senator Barker, pursuant to notice, moved— That the Report from the Printing Committee, presented to the Senate on 6th August, 1919, be adopted. Question—put and.passed. '
6. P ostponements . - - Ordered—That the following postponements of Private Business be made, viz.:— Notice of Motion No. 10 to Wednesday n e x t; Notice of Motion No. 14, and Order of the Day No. 3 to Thursday next. ·
7. Northern Territory Ordinance No. 8 of 1919 : D isallowance.—Order of the Day read for the adjourned debate on the Question—That Northern Territory of Australia Ordinance No. 8 of â 1919, entitled “ An Ordinance to Provide for a Council of Advice for the Northern 'Territory ”, be disallowed. . â
‘ Debate resumed.
At half-past six p.m. the sitting of the Senate was suspended till eight p.m.
Debate, interrupted by the suspension of the sitting, resumed. Question—put. The Senate divided— Ayes, 13.
Senator Barnes. Buzacott. Ferricks. Gardiner.
Keating. Maugham McDougall. Needham.
Newland. â
O’Keefe. O’Loghlin, Lieut.-Col. Pratten.
Noes, 13.
Senator Earle. F airbairn. Foil. ,
Henderson. Millen. Mulcahy. Plain.
Reid. Rowel], Colonel. Russell. Shannon.
Thomas.
Teller. Teller.
Senator Grant. , Senator de Largie.
The numbers of the Ayes and Noes being equal, and so it was negatived.
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8. A djournment.— The Minister for Repatriation (Senator Millen) moved—That the Senate do now ' adjourn.
Debate ensued. Question—put and passed. The Senate adjourned at twenty-four minutes past nine p.m. till to-morrow at eleven a.m. "
9. Attendance.—Present, all the Members except Senators Crawford (on leave), Guthrie, Guy (on leave), Lynch, Pearce (on leave).’and Senior. .
C. GAVAN DUFFY, . Clerk of the Senate.
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