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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 5

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MAY NOT BE SO STRENUOUS. MR. MASSEY "INTERVIEWED. j (IT TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.)DUNEDIN, 27th March. The Prime Minister informed a leporter to-day that he did not expect the coming tession to be as strenuous as the. record one last year. The legislative programme, though containing a number of important Bills, will not be so heavy, and he sees no necessity for a prolonged session. In all probability the House tvill meet on 25th June ajid the session should end with all the work done thoroughly in the third week of October. Several of the most lmporta-nt Bills were.^said Mi. Massey. well advanced by the Drafting Department, and one or two are completed. Among the first to be considered would be the Education Bill and the Legislative Council Reform Bill. The latter would not differ form that of last session in principle, although several details had been altered or auded. It was probable that five or six calls to the Council would be made before Parliament opened, though no selections have yet been made. An Electoral Bill affecting the House of Representatives would be submitted this session. A Local Government Bill would be brought dowii, the main purpose being in the direction ot establishing a better system as regards the allocation of money for public works, roads, and bridges. There would be another Land Bill to remedy certain defects in the existing laws. It would probably contain provisions for adjusting the' difficult conditions on the West Coast. Mr. Massey mentioned that an opportunity for youths being trained in' connection with the Dominion naval scheme .would be available in- the near futur*.