A QUIET OPENING

Evening Star, Issue 22896, 2 March 1938, Page 13

A QUIET OPENING

THE RESUMED SESSION [From Our Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, March 1. There was no evidence of stress or heavy business about the opening of the resumed session. The Legislative Council sat for 25 minutes and then adjourned for a week, as there is little likelihood of any urgent legislation being held up through lack of prompt attention from councillors. There were five condolence motions in the House of Representatives, these relating to the Hon. D. Buddo, a former Minister, Mr Hugh Poland (Ohinemuri), Mr % H. A. Field (Nelson), Mr T. Lindsay Buick (Marlborough), and the Hon. _J. E. Jenkinson. In each case a motion was moved by the Acting Leader of the House, Mr Fraser, and seconded by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. A. Hamilton. When the House adjourned after a two-hours’ sitting the Acting Leader indicated that the whole of Wednesday’s sitting would be devoted to the ratification of a number of conventions adopted by the International Labour Conferences, this motion being in the hands of the Prime Minister. Opportunity would also be taken of considering the reports of New Zealand’s representatives who attended the last conference in Geneva, and he hoped these would open a wide discussion worthy of the subject.