SESSION ENDS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 152, 12 June 1936, Page 7

SESSION ENDS

Final Scene in the Lower House LEADERS’ TRIBUTES By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 10. When the House of Representatives resumed this afternoon the amendments to the Napier Borough and Napier Harbour Enabling Bill made by the Legislative Council were agreed to, and the House adjourned till the Go-vernor-General’s assent was secured to Bills which had been passed. A brief mock Parliament was belli in the interval, Mr H. 8. 8. Kyle being in the chair. On resumption the Speaker announced that the Governor-General Imd assented to the measures. The Prime Minister moved; “That the House ou its rising do assemble on July 21, with the provision that the House should be called together earlier if the occasion should arise.’’ Mr Savage thanked the Opposition for the assistance its members had given him during the session. Perhaps ai times their advice had been cut short, but he appreciated their efforts to see that the legislation was in the public interest and in the proper shape. He also paid a tribute to the Speaker for the cart and attention he had paid to his duties during the session. The Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Bon. G. AV. Forbes, thanked the Prime Minister for the sentiments he had expressed regarding the Opposition and thanked him for the courtesy ho had extended to members of the Opposition on all occasions. He was looking forward to the resumption of the session, when, he believed, the secret of where the money was to come from would be revealed, so that it should be a most interesting session. He added a tribute to the Speaker for the way he had conducted the proceedings of the House. The Speaker thanked the Prime Min ister and the Leader of the Opposition on behalf of himself and the Chairman of Committees for the assis tance they had given the chair on ail occasions. The motion was carried, and the House rose at 3.25.