THE SESSION

Evening Star, Issue 19327, 13 August 1926, Page 11

THE SESSION

WHEN WILL IT EHD? [From Due Parliamkntaey Retoetkb.] WELLINGTON, August 12. Some indication of tho Governments intentions regarding the business to bo completed this session was given to tho House by tho Prime Minister, who promised to bo more explicit next week. _ ~ He intimated that the House would begin to sit on Mondays from mxt Monday week, and that tho first of these sittings would bo devoted to any local bills which are ready. The Hailway Statement would be discussed on Tuesday. i ' . , Air M'Combs asked when the sign cf the approaching end—tho Washing-up Bill—would appear. Tho Prime Minister replied that the Minister of Lands had the clauses a ell in hand. , Sir Joseph Ward was more definite. “What is the date of the end of ihe session?” he asked. “ The date has not yet been fixed, replied Mr Coates. “We have a lot of work, and at the moment I cannot possibly estimate it.” Mr Holland (Leader of the Opposition) inquired if the Government v.oukl follow the plan of the late Mr Massey in leaving the House to carry on after the Prime Minister’s departure for London. Tho Prime Minister replied that cn Tuesday he ought to be able to give an estimate as to when Parliament would end, and he would also like to convey to the House what was likely to happen in the event of his leaving before the end of the session.