TO THE HUSTINGS!

NZ Truth, Issue 1035, 26 September 1925, Page 6

TO THE HUSTINGS !

END OF A BARREN SESSION

Va/ITH a General Election perhaps not two months distant it ™ is safe to predict that we shall witness an even greater scurry than usual to end the last session of the present Parliament.

Long years of. custom seem to have rendered it inevitable that the session of Election Year shall be comparatively barren of important legislation. The current session has been one of the most unproductive on record.

JT lias not, however, been unproductive of an immense amount, of talk, most of it. a sheer waste of time. JT has to be conceded that there have been exceptional circumstances. Prime Minister Coatcs found himself suddenly confronted with the responsibilities attached to Leadership of the Government.

J-JE announced m effect that the session would be chiefly confined to completing the programme prepared by his experienced predecessor m office.

R UT the lamented ex-Prime Minister is known to have been *-*■ ' seriously ill before the end of the session of 1924, and it was not expected that even his strong will and physical powers would have enabled him to map out any elaborate Parliamentary plans for 1925..

JUTENCE no great surprise has been occasioned by the absence of much legislation of moment during the past few months. .

A TTEMPTS at. Fusion appear to have failed completely, for the time being. Some of the die-hards m the Reform Party have since sought on every available occasion to drive more nails into the Fusion Coffin. There has been a lot 'of jostling to secure the inside running. Time will tell whether these tactics v/ere wise. Onething certain is that Fusion must receive a big share of attention on the hustings.

•J.T is unlikely that the country will receive any further lead on this subject during the dying session. Members will be more busy packing their spare underwear m readiness for a dash homeward by boat and train.

PARLIAMENTARY perquisites are precious to be parted with — especially when possession 'is procurable by a plenteous provision of pleasant platitudes!

oit is: "Once more on to the huntings, dear friends." It - will be cheaper for the country if, the barren session and its great cost are not unduly prolonged.

IT is almost too much to hope that next Parliament will profit by the bad example of the past. But some times the unexpected happens. y \ We may see a greatly changed Parliament. The bickering among individuals m the dominant parties may play right into the hands of Socialist Labor. Such a result would be an unique experience for New Zealand. It is no novelty m Australia. . .