STONEWALL RECALLED

Evening Star, Issue 20779, 29 April 1931, Page 3

STONEWALL RECALLED

PREMIER'S JOGULAR REFERENCES [From Our Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, April 28. Those who participated in the valedictory speeches in the Houso of Representatives to-day, on tho occasion of the ending of tho session, agreed that it had been particularly strenuous. The most trying ordeal was, of course, the long stonewall promoted by the Labour members on tho Finance. Dill, and the Prime Minister had this in mind when he, concluded his reference to the good temper of members when handling very controversial questions, remarking, " While wo had some long sittings, ono could excuse that on account of tho absorbing interest which made men forget the passage of time. They felt that they must sit to all hours of the night and morning without any feelings of fatigue, whatever, but the thing which appealed to me. was the good humour of it all." As for the date for the opening of the session, Mr Forbes remarked that his present mind was to start about the middle of June. "Make it July," suggested Mr Lysnar, but the Prime Minister repeated that he would like to see business resumed at tho middle of June if the accounts could be got ready in time. "Tho most worrying session in our life-time,'' was the verdict of tho leader of the Opposition (Mr C'oates). Speaking as n farmer, he hoped the main session would not start so soon as had been suggested, because tho farmers wanted ns much time as possible to prepare for tho winter. MR HOLLAND SUSPICIOUS. Tho lender of tho Labour Party (Mr H. E. Holland) was not quite sure, ho said, whether ho should take tho Prime Minister's references to the absorbing interest of members in their work as sarcasm—" Becauso we did our level best to prevent him from doing what ho wanted to do." , Mi Bitchener: "Ho knows that" (laughter). "Well," concluded Mr Holland, "wo were always gentjomanly, even when using the club."