THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 244, 12 October 1908, Page 4

THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

i' ~ —■■ ■ - -;-- *4 MR. MASSEFS VIEWS. <By Telesrsp-.—Parll-uien. ary Beportoi; Wi BAUBO-U, this P f Mr. W. F. Massey, eij. route to Auckland this morning; expressed the opinion that the work of ths session had been marred by several_»*_■• 1 of drastic and pernicious le__tatk»_" Asked what he most objected to, t_a Leader of the Opposition re_fied"_». the worst thing to find its way on,the Statute Book was the Second Ballot BOL "lam not looking at it from a party, standpoint," he said, " for it is ind-pet; able that had the second aj?f_S», \i been in existence last session theVOppp-.' . .-.| _tion would have gained at least'half a dozen more seats. If we make any (H-fc~ . ence at all, it should be to grwe representation to the minority. The second Ballot makes that impassible." of the Arbitration Act, Mr. M_arey said h», ..:.-" was satisfied that it wa« a great improvement on the Old Act, but he thinks there is too much compnlsion, and not enough conciliation, and thai t_* __?..-; will have to be still further ainei_e4. ".: during the next year or two. The Opposition took credit, he added, for bavinjj exercised control pver the w P r k of tn.; ■•■ session, _nd there had not been the-MB* rush of hasty legislation as in. nreviout - .- years, though at the same time .be..' still remained plenty of room for ip* prov_ment. ■;__**-