DELAYED SESSION
GRANTING OF SUPPLY To provide against the possibility of the main session of Parliament not opening this; year until September, the Finance Bill introduced in , the House yesterday, afternoon contained a clause extending the period for the provision of supply until September 30. Otherwise, as there would have been no Parliamentary authority for expenditure of public moneys after the end of June, it would have been necessary to call Parliament for the purpose of passing an Imprest Bill. i ; The Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Minister of Finance), when briefly explaining the provision to the House, said it stretched the proposed recess a little, because strong representations had been made by members that after the lengthy session this year there was no reason to meet too early. Mr. H. G. Ri Mason (Labour, Auckland Suburbs)': You are not going to push us into the summer again? "We hope not," replied the Minister.
The Rev. Dr. C. R. Mitchell, of the Unitarian Free Church, is at present in Auckland, where he is occupying the pulpit of the Auckland Unitarian Church, in an exchange with the Rev. Wm. Jellie, B.A. Mr. Jellie will preach in the Wellington Church again next Sunday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 8
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