BARE QUORUM.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 6

BARE QUORUM.

PARLIAMENT RISES.

LEADERS REVIEW SESSION. «A RECORD FOR OUTPUT." (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Both branches of the Legislature met to-day for purely formal proceedings necessary for tlie completion of th© session. The House representatives was reduced to a bare quorum. In a valedictory speech the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, suggested that in activity and the amount of solid work the session's results would compare favourably with that of any institution or business in the country. There had been 52 public bills and 19 local bills passed. In no session had such good feeling been displayed, despite the many matters involving great differences of opinion. The bulk of the work liac" fallen on the Minister of Finance, who came through a heavy ordeal displaying patience and good temper. | Mr. P. Fraser, speaking for the Leader of the Opposition, reciprocated the good wishes. He described the session as a record for output, coming up to modern standards of production, though it was not the occasion to deal with its quality. He had never seen, in 15 years' experience, so much done as was done in the last three weeks. Thg Task Ahead. The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates declared that indications were unquestionably better for the New Year, but whatever satisfaction was felt over trade, 110 efforts should be relaxed until all citizens were at work. The Speaker, Sir Charles Statham, who was congratulated on his patience and fairness in the chair, said although members fought strenuously there was a friendly feeling, not inconsistent with the assertion of their rights. Only 2-1 members voted on the final division for the adjournment, which was not carried, though Mr. Speaker, appreciating the time-honoured joke, left the chair. List of Bills Passed. In addition to 19 local bills the following public Acts were passed during the session:—Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment, Appropriation, Arbitration Clauses (Protocol) and the Arbitration (Foreign Awards), Canterbury University College, Card Tournaments Regulation, Coal Mines Amendment, Coinage, Companies, Co-operative Pig Marketing Companies, Dairy Industry Amendment, Education Law Amendment, Egmont National Park Amendment, Finance, Finance Xo. 2, Harbours Amendment, Immigration Restriction Amendment, Imprest Supply, Judicature Amendment, Land and Income Tax Amendment, Land and Income Tax (Annual), Land Transfer (Hawke's Bay) Amendment, Law of Libel Amendment, Licensing Amendment, Local Authorities Interest Reduction and Loans Convereion Amendment, Local Legislation, Marriage Amendment, Money Lenders Amendment, Mortgagors and Tenants Relief, Motor Spirits (Regulation of Prices), Municipal Corporations, National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Amendment, Native Purposes, Nurses and Midwives Registration Amendment, Orchard Tax Amendment, Poof Prisoners Defence, Post and Telegraph Amendment, Poultry Rune Registration, Rent Restriction. Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Reserves and Other Lands Disposal, Royal Society of New Zealand, Sales Tax Amendment, Scenery Preservation Amendment, Small Farms (Relief of Unemployment) Amendment, Summer Time Amendment, Trade Agreement (New Zealand and Australia) Ratification, Trade Arrangements (New Zealand «incl Belgium) Ratification, Transport Law Amendment, Trustee Amendment, Valuation of Land Amendment, Victoria University College, Weights and Measures Amendment.