28 JUNE 1935, Page 3

The Government has caused disappointment by deciding to send the

Bill to a Standing Committee.- There are unpleasant memories of how the Town Planning Act was obstructed and emasculated in a committee room with disastrous results on the effectiveness of the measure. The Government has adopted this course owing to the fact that the taking of the Bill on the floor of the House would have protracted the sitting till well into August.

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