HOUSE WELL FILLED.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 193, 17 July 1941, Page 8

HOUSE WELL FILLED.

TWO UNUSUAL FEATURES. ; (Press Assn.) WELLINGTON, July 1G ' 'J lie Financial Statement was pres ented in a fairly well iiiled House ; Most of the seats in the galleries wen • occupied for the occasion and, as usual ' there was a very good attendance o 1 members. Two unusual features marked flu formal business at the opening of tlu sitting before the House went intc Committee to hear the Budget read The Acting-l’rime. Minister (Mr Nash' asked that the Chairman ol Commit tees should ring the hell if the presentation of the Budget was not completed by 0 o’clock in order that the customary minute’s prayer which is observed throughout New Zealand ai that time could also bo observed in the House. This was agreed to. Mr Nash also crossed the floor of the House to present a copy of the Budget to the leader of the Opposition (Mr Holland). * The actual reading of the Budget began at 7.35 p.m. and Mr Nash concluded a few seconds before 9 p.m. He was greeted with applause from troth sides of the House re he resumed his seat. At his suggestion, members stood in silence for a minute’s prayer as the hour struck.