SESSION'S WORK

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 September 1921, Page 5

SESSION'S WORK

ITEMS OF THE PROGRAMME.

FINANCE AND TARIFF.

(Special to Star.)

The Government has set so heavy a programme for the session which opeat on fhuredav that experienced Parliamentarians are already suggesting that >t will be impossible to get thro*fik without relegating a good deal of the legislation to the last sesskm of 33 present Parliament. Summer gessiS have always been difficult for a Sern! ' ment, owing to the calls upon the farm! hf SS2T durin * the J*™-*, ot to FlrtZ 1?" Personal attention to farming activities might well be Ration. If so, the session can scarcely I teril.*. * J" 1? 1 fin. ance ' the Customs 'sfon Ti!? c iraP°£ ta«t task of the ses- * item* PS* vre fiJ e ta»dwd separate , items in the New Zealand tariff Earh S^^J&SS Wff dt£ Personal.knowledge of vSf artictej by members, who will revel in a milt? TL 0r teXtßj from *><*» to WuKSS" The Government's revision nolicvlh™ :^t.,___TMß_r i l rr I,,sc %*%"SiS'''' B ? dm,t,on in t_s _iti M ___«_«___. ." &£' jSStf W___*B-;-per annum; on ctot_i___B. 7.1. **_ on mMufaoturin. ™"irial__l _5? ?^^ss___«_S [S ffi' disappear. I~l*trv autJ on tea may

FINANCE tension of thi «_.- I * modified exthe difficult.es 2, .3. **' Ar,.! lne out of ried l_fff_i«V- » _* necessitated hurin« £L restricted by legislation dur not Sd?n_\_?.".f Ed at am™™ __£i. . * ,alf the annual revenue Such a proposal i 8 sa id to melt with and C?t nCSff nCe °f J°° al ?J?__. ♦t.w- 11 aEpeat to ratepayers be unlimited fewSS^l^^-^ draw in anticipation of revenue, ,_o loan fl_*S? r6qUired ** th* -iStlre +hPa. ll am, enfc wi]i await with interest recent 6Y±_*° f f he "* of Rising 4. recent London loan and its allocati™ Information will also be re%*r<&_ W the operation of compulsion 'Al7ec nv?3_. mt .A? -_? M W It ? s a? s Co ?n,i, e _?V,d!? t that the taxpayer" including the representatives of Si. companies, have become activd/ PuWic^Wnit* 6™611* °f the Minister of X_ c *'_£ «_!_'.. .__ «nE? .ll" Ho^ ever, the motive power of the scheme, finance, is to be provided Se? 7 l2^T Si£ c-- Wh _eh Minisrer or internal Affairs has in hand St"** 1?. deal-.^tt the licensing a„_ SS*_2Si l af veh-ic¥ *■» "S»Se an Teri}_ T _d t0 decide upon S__3 drfi 1® .^o* of taxation has jfsf « ? av "\, the Preparation of this Bill consequently the session will be well under way before it can be circu lated. However, the Minister will Ji^ wS?rir preS6ntations *° Parliament before the measure becomes* law.

GENERAL

A large number of minor measures are ready for the attention of Parliament, more work than usual being i_t its final stages of drafting. These inw* a A^ eni m??^ s _of the Noxious WeedVAct, Rabbit Nuisance Act Animals Act, and a number of consolidations which have, been prepared by ex-Judge Chapman. Apart from actual legislation,, there are other big questions reouiring attention. The Imperial ConSerenee will nave to receive consideration; there is the^report of the Racing Commission, highly charged with controversy-and the questions of immigration unemployment and retrenchment "in the public service. The House: will need, to sit -well into the new year if it is; clean up tne big programme now in prospect