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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3573, 4 March 1924, Page 4

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The appeal Of Mr K. B. Holland, the leader of the Official Labour Party, for an early session of Parliament is scarcely likely to effect ■ Its purpose. The reason Mr Holland gives for calling members of the House together earlier than usual may be cogent enough from his own point of view, but they will not appeal to Ministers nor to private members who have other matters than politics to engage 1 their attention during the recess. That there are a number of important subjects to bo discussed by the House during the forthcoming session everyone knows, but from the list he has submitted to the Prime Minister Mr Holland appears to be concentrating his attention. / upon a number of highly controversial questions which already have been talked threadbare by himself and other members of his party. Their re-discussion just now might have considerable educative value, but it would not expedite the reforms the Labour leader has In view. It may appear a very sordid attitude to Mr Holland and his colleagues, but ati the moment Ministers and the rank and file of the two older parties are more concerned about the heavy taxation, which has obtained prominence by the publication of Mr Philip Snowden’s comparative figures and the high cost of living, than they are about the experimental legislation the Labour Party is anxious to promote.