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<date>1901-07-24</date>
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<chamber>REPS</chamber>
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<para>House ofRepresentatives. </para>
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<day.start>1901-07-24</day.start>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker</inline>took the chair at 2.30 p.m., and read prayers. </para>
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<title>PETITION</title>
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<inline font-weight="bold">Mr. PIESSE</inline>presented a petition from the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Australasia, praying that a clause be inserted in the Defence Bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks at all canteens throughout Australia. </para>
<para>Petition received, and read. </para>
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<title>ATTENDANCE BELLS</title>
<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">POYNTON, Alexander</name>
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<para>- I wish to direct your attention, <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Speaker,</inline> to the fact that some of the bells in the building did not ring as usual five minutes before the hour of meeting. </para>
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<name role="metadata">SPEAKER, Mr</name>
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<para>- I shall have the matter looked into. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
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<title>TROOPS FOR SOUTHAFRICA</title>
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<name role="metadata">CROUCH, Richard</name>
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<para>- As a matter of urgency, I wish to ask the Prime Minister, without notice, if his attention has been drawn to a statement in the press that the Government of Queensland has been in communication with the English War Office upon the question of Bending troops to South Africa. Telegrams appear in the newspapers to-day to the effect that Lord Kitchener has accepted certain men for South Africa. What action does the right honorable gentleman propose to take in the matter ? </para>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<electorate>HUNTER, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
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<para>- I have not seen the article to which the honorable and learned member refers, but, although I have not done so, I take it that no official engagement has been entered into between the </para>
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<para class="block">Government of Queensland and the Imperial authorities on this subject. Noticing the statement that on offer had been made, I caused a communication to be sent to the Imperial authorities, reminding them that the Defence departments of the several States were transferred to the Commonwealth on the 1st of last March. </para>
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<title>THE TITLE " M.P</title>
<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">POYNTON, Alexander</name>
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<para>- I wish to direct the attention of the Prime Minister to the fact that the members of the South Australian Legislature have decided to retain the title " M.P.," and I wish to know whether, in view of that fact, it would not be well for the Cabinet to reconsider the decision which it arrived at some time ago that members of this House should be designated "M.P.," and not " M.H.R." </para>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
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<para>- With all deference to the Ministers and Parliaments of theStates, I may say that I do not think there is any need for the Governmentof the Commonwealth to reconsider the matter. Under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, which deals in part with the States, the Parliament in which we sit is designated "The Parliament," and its members are Members of Parliament in a distinctive sense which I think entitles us, before all other members of all other Parliaments in Australia, to call ourselves by the appellation " Member of Parliament." This is not an arrogation of superiority; it is simply a carrying out of the intention of the Constitution. If there is to be any reconsideration, I think it should be in other quarters. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<title>REPORT ON THE SUGAR INDUSTRY</title>
<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">BAMFORD, Frederick</name>
<name role="display">Mr BAMFORD</name>
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<para>- I desire to ask the Prime Minister, without notice, if he will kindly inform the House when the report on the Sugar Industry, by <inline font-weight="bold">Dr. Maxwell,</inline> will be available to honorable members. </para>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>009LR</name.id>
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<party>Protectionist</party>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
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<para>- I am glad that the question has been asked, because it was my intention to make inquiry about the matter at once. I am expecting the report within two or three weeks at furthest, and I hope that I may receive it even sooner. </para>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">FISHER, Andrew</name>
<name role="display">Mr Fisher</name>
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<para>- What is the cause of the delay ? </para>
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<page.no>2939</page.no>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
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<para>- I suppose there has been delay in obtaining the information which is sought for. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<title>TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>KLB</name.id>
<electorate>COOLGARDIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">MAHON, Hugh</name>
<name role="display">Mr MAHON</name>
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<para>asked the Prime Minister, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<para>Whether he is aware that, prior to the submission of the Commonwealth Constitution Act for the approval of the people of Western Australia, the Government of South Australia by its then Prime Minister gave an undertaking to pass (or endeavour to pass) a law empowering the Commonwealth, under sub-section 34 of section 51 of the Constitution Act, to construct a railway throngh the territory of that State to the border of Western Australia. </para>
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<item label="2.">
<para>Whether this undertaking has been fulfilled. </para>
</item>
<item label="3.">
<para>If not, whether be will communicate to the Government of South Australia a suggestion that the Parliament of that State shouldbe requested, during its present session, to give approval toa Bill empowering the Commonwealth to construct if railway in accordance with the undertaking referred to. </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
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<party>Protectionist</party>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
<name role="display">Mr BARTON</name>
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<para>- 1 and 2. I am in communication with the Premier of South Australia, to whom I have addressed an inquiry on the subject. 3. It will be better, I think, to defer answering this question until I have heard from the Government of South Australia in reply to my communication. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<subdebate.1>
<subdebateinfo>
<title>THE SOLOMON ISLANDS</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<speech>
<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>JR7</name.id>
<electorate>SOUTH AUSTRALIA</electorate>
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<name role="metadata">BONYTHON, John</name>
<name role="display">Sir LANGDON BONYTHON</name>
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<para>asked the Prime Minister, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<quote>
<para>Whether he has anythingnew to communicate to this House with regard to the South Sea Islands, seeing that, according to a telegram from New Zealand published in the Melbourne <inline font-style="italic">Age,</inline><inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Seddon,</inline> in a despatch to the Imperial authorities, has suggested that " perhaps the federal Government would take charge of affairs in the Solomon group, and other British islands near the Australian colonies " ? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>009LR</name.id>
<electorate />
<party>Protectionist</party>
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<in.gov>1</in.gov>
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<name role="metadata">BARTON, Edmund</name>
<name role="display">Mr BARTON</name>
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<para>- The Government is now considering the position of matters relating to New Guinea, and if the result is that steps are taken to acquire New Guinea as a' territory of the Commonwealth, the Government will favour the placing of the Solomon Islands under Commonwealth control at the same time. </para>
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<title>QUESTION</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<subdebate.1>
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<title>CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT INCREMENTS</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>F4S</name.id>
<electorate>PARRAMATTA, NEW SOUTH WALES</electorate>
<party>FT; ANTI-SOC from 1906; LP from 1910; NAT from 1917</party>
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<name role="metadata">COOK, Joseph</name>
<name role="display">Mr JOSEPH COOK</name>
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<para>asked the Minister of Trade and Customs, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<item label="1.">
<para>Whether he is aware that the general division of the Customs department of New South Wales received no increments last year ? </para>
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<para>Whether he will see that these increments aregranted as in other departments ? </para>
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<talker>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<time.stamp />
<name.id>K5D</name.id>
<electorate>TASMANIA, TASMANIA</electorate>
<party>IND; ALP from June 1901</party>
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<name role="metadata">O'MALLEY, King</name>
<name role="display">Mr KING O'MALLEY</name>
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<para>- 1 . Last financial year no increments were granted by the Commonwealth, but the salaries were paidat the rates then fixed by the States. 2. The matter is under consideration in connexion with the Estimates. </para>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
<type>Questions</type>
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<title>SPECIAL AUSTRALIAN MEDAL</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<para>asked the Prime Minister, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<quote>
<para>Whether the Government proposes to carry out the promises made by the various States to award a special Colonial medal to the Australians who served in South' Africa, as has been done by Canada and Cape Colony? </para>
</quote>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<para>- All military medals or decorations must be conferred by the Crown, and the Imperial Government, whilst sympathizing with the motives which actuated the suggestion, and whilst fullyappreciating the services rendered by the Colonial volunteers, pointed out that the multiplication of decorations for military services is on general grounds deprecated as tending to diminish their value. Therefore, in view of this, it is not proposed thata distinctive Australian medal should be conferred in addition to the medal which has already been granted to all the troops engaged in the war, whether Imperial or Colonial. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>THE POST AND TELEGRAPH BILL AND " TATTERSALL'S</title>
<page.no>2940</page.no>
<type>bill</type>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<para>asked the Minister representing the Postmaster-General, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<quote>
<para>Whether the proposals of the Post and Telegraph Bill relating to gambling, and what is known as " Tatter sail's," differ in substance from the provisions of the State Postal Acts ? </para>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<para>- The proposals of the Post and Telegraph Bill relating to gambling, andwhat is known as " Tattersall's," do notdiffer in substance from the provisions of the State Postal Acts of Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia. The only difference from the New South Wales Act is that transmission is not prohibited under that Act. There is no provision on the subject in the postal laws of South Australia and Tasmania. </para>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<page.no>2940</page.no>
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<para>asked the Treasurer, <inline font-style="italic">upon notice -</inline></para>
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<quote>
<para>Whether he will provide, when making his Budget proposals, that shipments of spirits on the way, which cannot be stopped by cablegram, shall pay the new duty proposed, but shall be permitted to come into the various States under the conditions now existing in those States as regards allowance for under-proof strength on spirits in cases. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- My colleague, the Minister for Trade and Customs, and myself have considered this matter, and I regret that I cannot promise to make the provision which my honorable friend desires. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>Bill received from the Senate, and (on motion by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Bar</inline> ton) read a first time. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- I wish to lay on the table a message from His Excellency the Governor-General recommending to the House of Representatives an appropriation of revenue to be made for the purposes of a Bill relating to the Customs. I move - </para>
</talk.start>
<quote>
<para>That the message be referred to the committee on the Bill. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- Is this in reference to the Customs Bill that we have already had under consideration? </para>
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<interjection>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- Yes. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- It seems a strange time to bring it down. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- May I explain. There was a message brought down before the second reading of the Bill, but that message did not quite cover all the ground we wish to cover in the Bill. Under the Constitution it is perfectly competent for such a message to be brought down at this stage, and I will read the section referring to it. Section 56 of the Constitution says - </para>
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<quote>
<para>A vote, resolution, or proposed law, for the appropriation of revenue or moneys, should not be passed unless the purpose of the appropriation has in the same session been recommended by message of the Governor-General to the House in which the proposal originated. </para>
</quote>
<para class="block">There is no necessity under the Constitution for the message to be received upon the introduction of the Bill- </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- It is a question of practice though. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>-There is no practice binding upon this House except a practice conformable to the Constitution. Any liberty given by the Constitution is a liberty of this House, and it is perfectly within the rights of this House to go on with a Bill, providing that the pleasure of the Crown regarding it is signified by way of message before it passes from this Chamber. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- Does the right honorable gentleman approve of this course? </para>
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<continue>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- I quite approve of this courseunder the circumstances. </para>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- There is no doubt that the message is in proper form. We have no practice to guide us, but are making our practice as we proceed. As the Prime Minister has said, the Bill not having passed from this House, it is within our power to receive a message relating to it. </para>
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<talk.start>
<talker>
<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>- I quite agree that we are acting strictly within our Constitutional rights, but I would point out that we are laying down a practice that will be followed hereafter, and I wish to express my opinion that the practice now being adopted is not a good one. Both in the House of Commons, and in other Parliaments with which I am acquainted, the whole Bill, in similar circumstances, would have to be withdrawn and reintroduced. Of course I recognise that the Constitution covers the action of the Ministry in this instance. But it is exceedingly desirable that a message from the Governor-General covering the whole of the ground intended to be covered by a Bill should precede that Bill, so that honorable members may know exactly the ground which it is intended to cover. While admitting that this course is necessary, I hope that the Government will not say that the practice which we are now adopting is a good practice to follow in the future. </para>
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<para class="block">Question resolved in the affirmative. </para>
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<debate>
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<title>STATE LAWS AND RECORDS RECOGNITION BILL</title>
<page.no>2941</page.no>
<type>bill</type>
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<para>
<inline font-style="italic">In Committee</inline>(consideration resumed from 4th July, <inline font-style="italic">vide</inline> page 2090) : </para>
<para>Clause 2 (Definitions) - </para>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>2941</page.no>
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<para>. - Some objection was taken to this clause as printed with reference to the use of the terms "justices" and "arbitrators." Lest some consequence might follow the use of the word "arbitrators" as extending it beyond the intention of the Bill, I propose to move an amendment, which will, I think, remove the objection taken. I move - </para>
</talk.start>
<quote>
<para>That the words " justices and arbitrators " be omitted, with a view to insert in lieu thereof the words "and justices and all arbitrators under any Act or State Act." </para>
</quote>
<para class="block">That comprehends the legislative authorization which the honorable gentleman who made the objection wished to be made clear, and I think it removes the objection. </para>
<para class="block">Amendment agreed to. </para>
<para class="block">Clause, as amended, agreed to. </para>
<para class="block">Clauses 3 and 4 agreed to. </para>
<para class="block">Clause 5 (Certain signatures,&c., to be judicially noticed). </para>
<para>Amendment (by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Barton)</inline> proposed - </para>
<para>That the word ''holding" be omitted witha view to insert in lieu thereof the words "who holds or has held." </para>
<para class="block">This also removes an objection which was raised to the effect that if the person had left the office which he had held, then the document containing the signature or seal would not, under this clause, be admissible. I think that the clause is sufficient for the purpose, but it is better to avoid any difficulty, and therefore I have met the objection by the amendment which I now propose. </para>
<para>Amendment agreed to. </para>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I should like the Prime Minister to consider whether this clause will provide for the recognition of the curator of intestate estates, where it is necessary that his signature should be recognised. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- Generally speaking it would, because in most cases the curator of intestate estates is an officer of the Supreme Court, and the prothonotary's signature or seal is the authentic evidence; but if the honorable and learned member for Tasmania would like to make the point absolutely clear, I shall not resist the amendment. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I think it might be as well to insert the words "curator of intestate estates." </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- After the word "insolvency." </para>
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<continue>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- Yes, it will do very well there.I move - </para>
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<para>That after the word " insolvency" the words "curator of intestate estates" be inserted. </para>
<para>Amendment agreed to. </para>
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<talk.start>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I have another suggestion which I would like to make. We have in Victoria an acting commissioner of titles, a statutory office to take effect in the absence of the commissioner. I would like to know if that point has been considered by the Government in connexion with this Bill. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- "A person holding or who has held," would, I think, include the person acting in that capacity. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I know there is a decision according to which thedeputy Registrar-General is not accepted as sufficient for the Registrar-Generalhimself. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I think that that difficulty is got over by the concluding words of the passage - </para>
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<para>Or any office to which the Governor-General may by order published in the <inline font-style="italic">Gazette</inline> declare this section to apply. </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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<para>- I see that. </para>
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<para>Clause, asamended, agreed to. </para>
<para>Clauses5 and 7 agreed to. </para>
<para>Clause 8 - </para>
<para>Whenever by any State Act at any time in force in any State - </para>
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<para>any certificate or official or public docu ment , or </para>
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<para>any document or proceeding of any cor poration or company ; or </para>
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<para>any certified copy of any document or bylaw or of any entry in any register or other book or of any other proceeding, is admissable in evidence for any purpose in that State, it shall be admitted in evidence to the same extent and for the same purposes in all courts within the Commonwealth if it purports to be sealed or impressed with a stamp, or sealed and signed, or signed alone, or impressed with a stamp and signed, as directed by such State Act, without any proof of such seal stamp or signature or of the official character of the person appealing to have signed the same, and without any further proof thereof. </para>
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<para class="block">Amendments (by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Barton)</inline> agreed to - </para>
<para class="block">That the words "certificate or official or," line 3, be omitted ; that before the word "document," line 5, the words "record required by law to be kept of any public " be inserted ; that the words " of any corporation or company," lines 5 and 6, be omitted ; and also that the word " public " be inserted before the word "document," line 7. </para>
<para>Amendment (by <inline font-weight="bold">Mr. Barton)</inline> agreed to - </para>
<para>That the words " register or other book, or of any other proceeding," lines 9 and 10, be omitted, witha view to insert in lieu thereof the words " public register or book." </para>
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<page.no>2942</page.no>
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