COMMONWEALTH POLITICS.
A LENGTHY SPEECH.
CENSURE DEBATE PROTRACTED. Unitjsd Pktsbs Association— Copthioiit MELBOURNE, July 10. During yesterday’s censure debate Mr Webster Avas the only speaker in the House. He held the floor from 11 in the morning till four in the afternoon. In the Senate Labor Members absented themselves. Only one was present. The vice-president, referring to the suggested application of the gag declared that unless the Opposition evidenced a desire to get on with busi* ness something Avould have to be done. OPTIONAL AND PREFERENTIAL VOTING. BILL INTRODUCED IN NEW SOUTH WALES’ PARLIAMENT. SYDNEY, July 10. A Bill introduced into the State Parliament provides for optional and preferential voting, enrolment‘by canvass similar to the Fedoral rolls, and abandonment of the property vote.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2551, 12 July 1909, Page 5
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123COMMONWEALTH POLITICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2551, 12 July 1909, Page 5
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