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69

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

No. 29.

JOURNALS OF THE SENATE.

WEDNESDAY, 7th JUNE, 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 aper.—The following Paper was presented, pursuant to Statute— Commonwealth Public Service Act—Appointment—Repatriation Department—Μ. E. Grutzner.

5. Communist P arty D issolution Bill 1950.—Order of the Day read for the adjourned debate on the Question—That the Bill be now read a second time. Debate resumed. Senator McCallum moved—That the document quoted from by Senator Sandford during his speech

be laid upon the Table. Question—put. The Senate divided— Ayes, 20.

Senator— Senator—

Cooper. Scott. ·

Gorton. Simmonds.

Guy. Spicer.

Hannaford. Spooner.

Kendall. Wedgwood.

McCallum. Wood.

McLeay. Mattner.

Wordsworth.

O’Sullivan. Piesse.

Teller:

Reid. Senator Rankin,

Robertson. A. J. M.

And so it was negatived. Debate continued.

Noes, 29.

Senator— Amour. Armstrong. Arnold. Ashley. Beerworth.

Cameron. Cole. Cooke. Courtice. Critchley. Finlay.

Fraser. Grant. Harris. Hendrickson. Katz.

Senator— Large. Morrow. Murray. Nash. Nicholls.

O’Byrne. O’Flaherty. Ryan. Sandford. Sheehan. Ward. Willesee.

Teller:

Senator Clothier.

And it being 11 p.m.—

6. Adjournment.—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 five minutes past eleven p.m. till to-morrow at eleven a.m.

7. Attendance.—Present, all the Members except Senators Collings, Lamp, Tangney and Tate.

JOHN EDWARDS, Clerk of the Senate.

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

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