SHORT SITTING YESTERDAY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 29 April 1942, Page 4

SHORT SITTING YESTERDAY

ADJOURNMENT Til u TO NIC Ml lFrom Our Ov.n Pal liamcntary KeporUnJ Wellington. This Da> Parliament resumed yesterday after |an adjournment of a little «\i-r. ' | week. 1 . The opening silting v.a*> i and consisted mostly ot formal bus - I ness, principally confined to urgen questions and Ministerial icplic-. i was followed by tributes to the late J (\ J Talbot, a former member for It* muka alter which the Home adjourned as'a mark of respect until 730 p.m. to-day. ~ It wa # House should meet again in the evening I in secret session, but owing to the dtmI culty facing a number ol South Plano j members in reaching Wellington- u was decided to take the longer adjournment The Prime Minister ‘Mr Fraser* explained that he had consulted the Leader of the Opposition 'Mr Ho. and* on this point before the House met. A cons'der it very desirable. said Mi Fraser, "that everybody should I* - heie during these short sessions o that they can be fully conversant with the progress of the war as it goes on. and particularly on this occasion in regard to I the Pacific command I would not t like any member who can be present I to miss them." , Paiticular reference was made m he I tributes to the late Mr Talbot to his nte» ! long service in local government adminj istration. The Minister of Internal I Affairs (Mr Parryi said that the ofI ficers of his Department would miss the j advice that had alway- been available I from Mr Talbot A motion expressing * appreciation of Mr Talbot's services 1 and condolence with his relatives v’* j parsed.