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63

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

No. 26.

JOURNALS OF THE SENATE.

WEDNESDAY, 31 st MAY, 1950.

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

2. PRAYERS.

3. P ersonae E xplanation — L eave R e f u s e d .—Senator Sandford asked leave to make a personal explanation. Objection being raised, leave not granted.

4. R etirem ent of Senator the H onorable J. S. Collings .—The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator O’Sullivan), by leave, made a statement referring to the retirement from the Senate of Senator Collings. Senator O’Sullivan, in paying a tribute to the long and valuable service rendered by Senator Collings, conveyed to him the good wishes of fellow Senators. The Leader of the Opposition (Senator Ashley), by leave, expressed similar tributes and good wishes,

which were supported by the Minister for Fuel, Shipping and Transport (Senator McLeay), the Minister for Repatriation (Senator Cooper), Senator Court-ice and the President. By leave, Senator Collings made his acknowledgments.

5. Question s .—Questions on notice were answered.

6. P roposed F riday Sit t in g .—The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator O’Sullivan) moved—That the Senate, at its rising to-morrow, adjourn till Friday next at 10.30 a.m. Question—put. The Senate divided—

Ayes, 23. Noes, 33.

Senator— ' Senator— Senator—

Cooper. Reid. Amour.

Gort-on. Robertson. Armstrong.

Guy. Scott. Arnold.

Hannaford. Simmonds. Ashley.

Kendall. Spicer. Aylett.

McCallum. Spooner. Beerworth.

McLeay. Wedgwood. Brown.

Maher. W ood. Cameron.

Mattner. Wordsworth. Collings.

O’Sullivan. Cooke.

Piesse. Teller: Courtice. Rankin, A. J. M. Critchley. Rankin, G. J.

And so it was negatived.

Senator Wright. Devlin.

Finlay. Fraser. Grant.

Harris. Hendrickson.

Senator— Katz. Large. McKenna.

Morrow. Murray. Nash. Nicholls.

O’Byrne. O’l'iaherty. Ryan. Sandford. Sheehan. Ward.

Willcsee.

Teller:

Senator Clothier.

F.328.

64 No. 26.—31st May, 1950.

7. P a p e r.—The following Paper was presented, pursuant to Statute— Commonwealth Public Service Act—Appointment—Department of Labour and National Service—R. S. Horne.

8. Communist Party D issolution B ill 1950.—Order of the Day read for the adjourned debate on the Question—That the Bill be now read a second time. Debate resumed. ·

And it being 10.30 p.m .—

9. Ad jo u r n m en t .—The President, under Sessional Order, put the Question—That the Senate do now adjourn. Debate ensued. Question- resolved in the affirmative. The Senate adjourned at nineteen minutes to eleven p.m. till to-morrow at eleven a.m.

10. Attenda nce .—Present, all the Members except Senators Cole, Lamp and Tangney.

JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk of the Senate.

By A uthority: L. F. J ohnston, Common-wealth Government Printer, Canberra