THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 51, 7 September 1928, Page 8

THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Tho passage by tho House:of Representatives of fourteen Bills in one even»'ff suggests ou the face of it that members were seized with' a most unusual desire to make rapid progress. That was tho accomplishment of the House last night. Such a rapid clearing of the Order Paper of Government measures would result in tho work of tho Houso running out and the session considerably shortened, but yesterday's achievement was made only in respect to local Bills, the effect being very different. Nevertheless, the evening may be regarded as a very profitable one, at least so far.as certain local bodies aro concerned, which are awaiting legislative authority to proceed with various works. Twenty . local Bills were set down for consideratioa at tho sitting, but six were deferred. Tho remainder were finalised, only on« or two provoking discussion at length. At the commencement of the evening the House agreed without discussion to the printing of a number of departmental reports which previously had been "talked out," the Prime Minister promising that a further opportunity would be allowed for some of the mtro important of them to bo .debated. The Houso rose at 11.45 p.m.