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SJ No 19 - 16 May 1950

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Senate Journals

Date

16-05-1950

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Senate

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19

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19

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Final

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45

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

No. 19.

JOURNALS OF THE SENATE.

TUESDAY, 1 6 t h MAY, 1950.

1. Meeting of Senate.—The Senate met at three p.m., pursuant to adjournment.—The President (Senator the Honorable Gordon Brown) took the Chair.

2. PRAYERS.

3. Questions.—Questions on notice were answered.

4. P apers.—The following Papers were presented, pursuant to Statute— Commonwealth Public Service Act—Appointment—Department of the Treasury—W. E. Sheehan. Lands Acquisition Act—Land acquired for Postal purposes—Collaroy Beach, New South Wales.

5. R uling of P resident : Objection to.—Order of the Day read for the consideration of the following motion moved by Senator Wright, viz.—That the Ruling of Mr. President—to the effect that the reading of an extract from a report of House of Commons proceedings as part of a question without notice is not in order—he dissented from. Debate resumed. Question—put and negatived.

6. Commonwealth Bank Bill 1950.—Order of the Day read for the adjourned debate on the Question— That the Bill be now read a second time. Senator O’Byrne moved—That the debate be now adjourned. '

Question—put. The Senate divided— Ayes, 29. Noes, 20.

Senator— Amour. Armstrong. Ashley.

Aylett. Beerworth. Brown. Cameron.

Cole. Cooke. Courtice. Critchley.

Finlay. Fraser. Grant. Harris.

Hendrickson.

Senator— Lamp. McKenna. Morrow.

Murray. Nash. Nicholls. O’Byrne.

O’Flaherty. Ryan. Sandford. Ward.

Willesee.

Teller:

Senator Clothier.

Senator— Cooper. Gorton. Guy. Hannaford.

Kendall. McCallum. McLeay. Maher.

Mattner. O’Sullivan. Piesse.

Senator— Rankin, A. J. M. Rankin, G. J. Robertson. . Scott.

Spicer. Spooner. Wedgwood. Wordsworth.

Teller:

Senator Wright.

And so it was resolved in the affirmative. Ordered—That the resumption of the debate be an Order of the Day for the next day of sitting.

7. Adjournment.—The Senate adjourned at twenty-eight minutes past ten p.m. till to-morrow at three p.m.

8. Attendance.—Present, all the Members except Senators Simmonds (on leave), Tate and Wood. Arnold, Devlin, Large, Reid, Sheehan, JOHN EDWARDS,

Clerk of the Senate.

By Authority: L. F. J ohnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

F.328.