Emergency powers such as were assumed by the British Government in 1920 to deal with lawlessness ar' /sought by the New Zealand Govern ment under the terms of a Public /Safety Conservation Bill introduced to-day. into the House of Representatives
The Bill aims at empowering the authorities to deal with outbreaks! lof violence such as the riots Auckland last week, The Bill follows the lines of the British Emergency Powers Bill.
An Auckland message says a strike] lof seamen there was narrowly avert-fed to-day, employed seamen outvoting the unemployed by a small jority, but the situation is still Apr. 20.
The Public Safety Conservation Bil, which gives the, Government Breaks of lawlessness. oan reshed al powers to deaf
through both Houses of Parliament to-day.
The Bill follows the lines of the British Emergency Powers Bill and will considerably strengthen the hands of the authorities in dealing with any further outbreaks of viol-Jence such as that which occurred in Auckland last week.
The Government is instituting} a censorship of messages sent reports cabled overseas. Abroad in order to prevent alarmist
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