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•■m . * POSSIBILITY OF AN EAftl»l|f MEETING OF HOUSE. • ■-$ fSI'ECIAL TO "THE TRESS.") ' WELLINGTON, March 9. For weeks past politicians have discussing the possibility of on earlyr session, and tho opinion has been expressed that. J'a ilia wen ( »vili'"'Ws; called together next month. Variouii reasons have been suggested. At thC'." end of last the suggestion that Parliament would have to bo together to pass legislation to for compulsory uut.onul service, men scorned to otter l reely enough JfoilS a time under the voluntary systtWßand this theory slumped.- Tlien ji announced that the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister had vited to go Home, presumabljr,/ioj«rr i change views with the | rities on certain war questijjDSi'anii'tnb' < rumour was that there ifottldvbfevan £■ oarlv session to allow them to g6. ? tho utterances of Ministers on the BUiK<; joct'have not lessened the general certainty as to what may happen. Mr'.w! Massoy has stated repeatedly that h#js will not no Home while thoro is portant work for him to do here. statement, or statements similar to itit| v,-aa always subject to the qualification J that at any time circumstances—rer«| haps a sudden summons ftom the pprial Government— might compel himJ •to leavo Now Zealand. _ ; 'm,t3 Tho rumour, that Parliament wium meet next month t has been repeatejl|i with greater frequency and greauM confidence lately. Whether it is noiffjj better founded than over it was veryj[ few of tho circulators of the can possibly know'. All that canbss said for it is that it bears the imprdsi§ of probability. If Parliament i shouß® meet next month, it is highly,lrtprolg® able that there will be another 'sessMs£| this year. - r Replying to a deputation Prime Minister E>id: 'It is quittfg likely that tho Houso will-meet than usual this year, but even that ponds ort'other circurabtances •'WfckaM® cannot make public." * 7 A reporter asked Mr Massey tot-.»« more explicit -statement on the if he could give oue. Mr MassArojl reply was that be could not Trh al|l would happen, because lie did . n &»jj know; Cabinet did not know. 'AlM® parentlv the circumstances to which M|i| Massey referred hare relation toBOJWni

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