FATE OF PARLIAMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20991, 30 September 1931, Page 9

FATE OF PARLIAMENT.

FUTURE OF COALITION. NATIONAL CR PARTY ISSUE. British Wireless. RUGBY, Sept. 28. When the House of Commons met the Prime Minister, Mr. Mac Donald, asked Mr. Henderson to repeat on Wednesday his inquiry as to when tiie session would end. The advantages and disadvantages of a general election at an early date continue to bo debated. The point at issue is whether it would be better for the country in the existing circumstances if the preeent National Government were to carry on until an election becomes inevitable in a few months' time, or whether an immediate election, giving the Government an increased majority and a mandate from the electorate would better Stove the fulfilment of a definite, farreaching policy of reconstruction. In any case, a dissolution will not bo decided npon before consultation with the King. Mr. Thomas, on his return to London today, said he did not think an appeal to the electorate could be long delayed. He expressed the belief that the Prime Minister would the National Government's supporters iu the election campaign. Speaking at. Derby yesterday, Mr. Thomas said: "I shall proclaim myself as good a Labour man as ever, with a single-minded desire to pull the country through the present crisis. I will s'and under tho leadership of Mr. Mac Donald snd he will go to the country as the leader."