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SESSION IN SEPTEMBER PRIME .MINISTER TO LEAVE ENGLAND NEXT MONTH. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION. Official advice has been received that, a-t a Press Association cablegram also states, Mr Massey is to leave England for New Zealand, via Vancouver, on August 25th. The Acting-Prime Minister (Sir Fran as Bell) stated yesterday that Parliament will be summoned in September, but the exact date has not yet been fixed. The opening, however, as indicated lost session, will take place in the Prime Minister's absence, wwth a view to disposing of the Address-m-Reply and other preUminary busineS before his arrival. September Isth and 22nd are tentatively mentioned as probable dates for the oammemoement of the session.
In any case, it is held. Parliament is not nkely to meet much before the middle of September, as the Prime Minister will need to be present for the Financial Statement, the introduction of- the Tariff Revision Bill, and other important, matters.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10962, 26 July 1921, Page 5
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