THE LAST SITTING

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 33, 2 November 1917, Page 7

THE LAST SITTING

FINAL WORDS ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION

COMPLIMENTARY SPEECHES

TheiLegislative Council met yesterday {at 10.30 a.m. appropriation bill. The Appropriation Bill was receiTed 'tfrom the Houso of Representatives and .passed through' all its stages without debate. . The Council then adjourned w.hile the [Bill received the assent of the Govcrnortteeraj. FINAL PROCEEDINGS, , SIR FRANCIS BELL, Leader of the thanked members for the. support and assistance. they had given him 'during the session. He said that the (session bad been a strenuous one, and ; ihad been marked by. some ■ sorrowtul [events, 'including the illuess of tfie Speaker (Hon. C. J. Johnston) the '•deaths on active., service of sons ot-tiie Speaker, the Acting-Speaker (Hon.. \\. V. F. Carncross) and othor members ot •Tae Council, and the deaths of the Hon. jj. D. Ormond and tho Hon. W. Beelian. iHe hoped that when members met. again (they would be able to devote the whole (of their attention,to the affairs of New {Zealand, instead of as. during tho .last (three years dealing largely ' with 11 o al(fairs of Empire. The dignity thai, 6lloul( j Llong to tbe Upper House had been yell Maintained by the Acting-Speaker and (the Chairman ot. Committees (Hon. U. .Samuel). Sir Francis Bell tuent oned that ha. had now been Leadci Qf: the Council for a. greater numbei -of J« aia nnd a srreater number ot consecuti\-o sw;TonsXn any Other Minis er since to establishment of .the New Zmland lai tliamenfc under the Constitution. Ho /thanked members for W'° , n f re , n .'friendly-sympathy manifested _ towards Jiirn at a time during, the session when •personal loss had aFmost overwhelmed lor him the sense of public duty. The Hon. CAPTAIN BAILLIE said 'that Now Zealand bad paid .a he«uy tirice for doing its duty in the greater. Its eons, had foJlea. in. • of the • Empire, and be' hoped th at the clay was not far distant, jjhen tte.fi! iiit of their eacridco would bo gathbicd fpeace with victory and honour. _ SIR WILLIAM' HALL-.TONLS said that the session had been long and It had been made ;sad. at times) by tho sorrow tho Council shared intli members who had lost' well-loved eons .at the front. He joined, in congratulating the !A«ting ; Spealier and tho. Acting-Chairman of Committees' on the work they had done durius tho session.. . The Hon. 0. SAMUEL said tho sympathy of tho Council for the members Tvho "had suffered irrenartvWe losses needed no - verbal expression.. .The Council had ?. deep sense, of the unfailing conrtesy and consideration which had been shown W the Leader of the-Chamber. The Hon. A. T. Magmnity, the Hon. G. Carson, and the; Hon. W. Barl ;, expressed appreciation of the ee J:? lc(! * and guidance given to the Council -by Sir Francis Bell, and of manner m which'the Acting-Speaker had discharged : W. C. F. CARNCROSS (Acting-Speaker) .' thanked the councillors for their' wdrds of appreciation, . lie hoped that when the Council-met again the great the, war would 158 at an end, and that the Council would have been strengthened by the addition of persons qualified to servo, in it. The Council adjourned at 0.10 p.m., ■