THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 8

THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Parliament is now at work. The whole of yesterday afternoon was spent by- members not exactly in -lamenting results of the General Election, but in bewailing the fact that indivi-' dually they did not have enough money to spend in advertising their virtues to the electors. The electoral system in general came under review, but the most import-ant feature of the discussion was an indication by the Prime Minister that the iirst-past-the-post principle would be retained. In the evening the House got down to consideration of some of the first of the Government's legislative measures for tho session. The National Provident i'und Bill, the Public Revenues £ill, and the Local Bodies Loans Bill were each read a second time pro forma and referred to Committees, and the Death Duties Amendment Bill, the, Opticians Bill, the Fire Brigades Bill, and th? Consus and Statistics Bill were each put through their second readings. This constituted a very fair day's work for such an early stage of the session, ana the adjournment was taken Bhortly-be-fore 11 p.m.. . -...-..