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Legislative Council ! I I I Third Session of the Forty·Second Parliament I' I , I Wednesday, 6 August, 1969 I I 1 1 i I I I , I No.1 i , I I'" MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS I ! , I OF THE , I I I ) I ! LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ! I I I THIRD SESSION OF THE FORTY·SECOND PARLIAMENT I' I , I WEDNESDAY, 6 AUGUST, 1969 I I 1. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.-The Council met at Twelve Noon, pursuant to Proela I' mation of His Excellency the Governor. The President took the Chair. I' I 2. PRAYER. I I, 3. PROCLAMATION.-By direction of the President, the Proclamation convenini:; Parliament was read by the Clerk of the Parliaments as follows: By His Excellency Sir ARTHUR RODEN CuTLER, upon whom has been conferred the decoration of the "NEW SOUTH WALES, Victoria Cross, Knight Commander of the Most "TO WIT. Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint "(L.S.) George, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Knight of the Most Venerable "A. R. CUTLER, Order of St John of Jerusalem, Governor of the "Governor. State of New South Wales and its Dependencies, in the Commonwealth of Australia. "WHEREAS the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of the State "of New South Wales now stand adjourned to Tuesday, the twentieth day of "May, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine: Now, I, Sir ARTHUR RODEN "CuTLER, in pursuance of the power and authority in me vested as Governor "of the said State, do hereby prorogue the said Legislative Council and Legislative "Assembly to Wednesday, the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred Of> , Hand sixty-nine: And I do further announce and proclaim that the said "Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly shall assemble for the despatch of "business on the aforesaid sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and "sixty-nine, at 12 o'clock at noon, in the buildings known as the Legislative "Council Chambers situate in Macquarie Street, in the City of Sydney: And the "Members of tho Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly respectively "are hereby required to give their attendance at the said time and place "accordingly. "Given under my Hand and Seal, at Sydney, this seventh day of May, in "the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine, and in the "eighteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign. "By His Excellency's Command, "R. W. ASKJN. "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!" 84787 2 MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATNE COUNCIL (6 August, 1969) ill II Members present.-The Honourable Harold Daniel Ahern, the Honourable I' Anthony Alexander Alarn, the Honourable Evelyn Barron, the Honourable ( Ii Norman Thomas Boland, the Honourable Fred William Bowen, the Honourable ii Roger August Alfred Faes de Bryon-Faes, K.H.S., MA., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Temple, i! Pa), the Honourable Harry Vincent Budd, the Honourable Cedric Alan Francis I' I' Ii Cahill, Q.C., the Honourable Cyril Joseph Cahill, the Honourable James Edward I' Cahill, Colonel the Honourable Sir Hector Joseph Richard Clayton, E.D., " I'" B.A., LL.B., the Honourable Francis Henry Cockerill, the Honourable Colin I', Colborne, the Honourable William Robert Coulter, the Honourable Christopher I ,f II,. Alfred Dalton, the Honourable Margaret Alayne Elizabeth Davis, the Hon­ ourable Robert Reginald Downing, LL.B., the Honourable Robert Hamilton Erskine, Major-General the Honourable Stanley Louis Mowbray Eskell, E.D., Ii the Honourable Otway McLaurin Falkiner, Major the Honourable Herbert Paton FitzSimons, the Honourable John Bryan Munro Fuller, the Honourable Mabel Eileen Furley, O.B.B., the Honourable John Henry Gardiner, the Hon­ Ii ourable Walter James Geraghty, the Honourable Thomas Patrick Gleeson, the " Honourable Frederick Maclean Hewitt, the Honourable Reginald Stanley , Jackson, the Honourable Asher Alexander Joel, O.B.E., the Honourable ! William Geoffrey Keighley, M.A. (Oxon), the Honourable John Lesley Kenny, the Honourable John Charles McIntosh, the Honourable Thomas Sidney McKay, B.A., LL.B., the Honourable Herbert John McPherson, the Hon­ ourable James Joseph Maloney, the Honourable Richmond William Many­ weathers, the Honourable Ralph Benson Marsh, the Honourable William Thomas Murray, the Honourable Lindsay Annan North, the Honourable Hubert David O'Connell, the Honourable Robert Clyde Packer, the Honourable John Guthrie Paterson, the Honourable William Charles Peters, the Honourable Frederick Graham Pratten, B.Sc.,. the Honourable Anne Elizabeth Press, the Honourable Bernard Blomfield Riley, Q.C., the Honourable Edna Sirius Roper, the Hon­ ourable Amelia Elizabeth Mary Rygate, the Honourable Perceval Martin Maurice Shipton, the Honourable Louis Adrian Solomons, B.A., LL.B., the Honourable Gavin Hamilton Sutherland, the Honourable James Norman Thorn, the Honourable Eben Kelvin Edward Vickery, the Honourable John Alexander Weir, the Honourable Ernest Gerard Wright. Members absent.-The Honourable Trevor Everett Gordon, the Honourable Christopher Augustine Love, the Honourable Frank William Spicer, the Hon· ourable Sir Edward Emerton Warren, K.C.M.G., K.B.B., M.S.M. 4. PRESENCE OF THE GOVERNOR.-His Excellency the Governor attended by Rear· Admiral D. C. Wells, Air Vice-Marshal K. S. Hennock, C.B.E., D.F.C., Major-General M. F. Brogan, C.B.E., the Official Secretary (Lindsay Rose, Esq., O.B.E.) , the Private Secretary (Lieutenant-Colonel R. F. F. Gillespie) and the Aide-de-Camp (Captain M. M. O'Donnell), having been announced by the Usher of the Black Rod and conducted to his seat by the President, accompanied by the Vice·President of the Executive Council and Minister for Decentralisation and Development, the Minister for Child Welfare. and "Minister for Social Welfare, and Officers of the House, commanded the Usher of the Black Rod to let the Legislative Assembly know that it is, His, Excellency's pleasure they attend him immediately in this House. And the Assembly, with their Speaker and other Officers of the House, being in attendance accordingly, and seated by desire of His Excellency- His Excellency read the following Speech: HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY- We are assembled here today to open the Third Session of the Forty­ Second Parliament of New South Wales. You have been called together to consider the Government's legislative and financial proposals, and to deal with other matters of importance to the citizens of this State. Honourable Members will be aware of the visit to be made to this State early next year by ner Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. It is fitting that this visit is to be made in the year in which we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the east coast of Australia by Captain James Cook. 3 MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (6 August, 1969) Since the beginning of the last Session, the death has occurred of the Honourable Lawrence Edward Schofield, a Member of the Legislative Council. and Mr James Brunton Simpson, a Member of the Legislative Assembly and a former Minister. During their participation in public life these Members rendered devoted and unselfish service and their passing is a loss to this Parliament and to the community as a whole. I also share with the Honourable Members their sorrow at learning of the recent death of a former Member of the Legislative Assembly and Premier of New South Wales, the Honourable Alexander Mair. Mr Mair was a Member from 1932 to 1946 and, in addition to other Ministerial Offices he held during this period, served with distinction as Premier from 1939 to 1941, the first years of World War II. The past financial year was one of strong economic growth and develop­ ment for New South Wales and for the Nation generally. Drought conditions continued to affect the southeast -corner of the State and the Cobar district for most of the year and, more recently, some areas in the northern part of the State have been affected. However, good seasonal conditions were experienced in most of the State and there was a substantial increase in rural output with record crops of wheat and rice. Given reasonable seasonal conditions in the coming year there are good prospects for further rural growth. Despite the buoyant conditions in the economy, however, the Govern­ ment ended the year with a deficit, due mainly to very substantial increases in wage costs. Further increases are likely in the present financial year and these will add to the already difficult budgetary problems confronting the Government in providing, from within the limited resources available to the State, the essential public services required by the community. The Maritime Services Board continues to make good progress with the works scheduled for completion during the first half of its ten year port development programme. The Darling Harbour South Reconstruction Scheme has been completed and work will now proceed on the modernization of Darling Harbour North. The second container terminal at Balmain is expected to be commissioned towards the end of this year. The Board is also proceeding with the necessary planning and investiga­ tions to give effect to the Government's decision to develop the northern fore­ shores of Botany Bay as a port and industrial complex. At Newcastle the reconstruction of the western side of the Carrington Basin is planned for completion by mid-1970. The Government is also undertaking a major expansion of the port facilities at Port Kembla. Every effort continues to be made by the Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board, within the limits of available funds and resources, to expand water and sewerage services and during the year an all time record of 630 miles of water and sewerage mains were laid. The $34 million 120 inch second pipeline from Warragamba Dam to Prospect Reservoir has been virtually completed and work is now concen­ trated on the outlet works at Prospect.
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