NEARING THE END.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10594, 25 October 1910, Page 6

NEARING THE END.

PARLIAMENT'S EIGHTEENTH

WEEK

SOME END OF THE SESSION FORECASTS.

By Telegraph;

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Wellington, October 24. The end of the session is the question now uppermost .in the minds of Parliamentarians. A'number incline to the view that business cannot be concluded before'the end .of November,, but the weight of opinion inclines to the being seen in the second week. Ill© diisposal of the estimates hist helps the position materially. The princinal items to be dealt with now are the Land Bill, Gaming Act Amend, nieiit, Licensing Act Tramway Act Amendment, Harbors Act Amendment. Industiuil Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment, the lubj , ■lie Works Statement (winch is expected, this week), and the final task, the Supplementarv Estimates. All _the measures mentioned will be debated, on li the second reading or upon receipt from Select Committees. The Tiamwajs Act Amendment, which has been many weeks before the Labor Bills Committee.' is likely to be more liotejy con-, tested ;.than the, Land -Bill now ing second reading. The Public T\ orks Estimates '■ are usually put • through in one.long sitting. '■ ; ; Most" of the policy measures have been. well discussed already in the House or m Committee ,so that, there should be ■ an'excelleii't*-record, of- work. done if i ar-. hament should, close its doors m jthree weeks time. . , j ' There" are those who have calculated tliat the House could. actually conclude by ■ November. 11, ..but would not"3sitit those anSous to. m. to Christy ■ chlir'ch-for" Carnival Weeljt - They, would naturally desire to be in Wellington for the'end; of the session, and might miss the' Carnival by a day. It would suit their book better for the .House to sitt .until the third week, as. they could. tHen* take a couple of days in the south ! without fear of the end coming in their : absence. - • To-morrow, the House will Jiav©, an important programme. It will com-, mence • with the consideration yt the Legislative Council's amendments m the. Defence Bill and go on to the Committee stages of the Commercial _Trusts v Secret. Commissions,' Post and Telegraph and Amendinent "ills. ■ The Kaiapoi Reserves Bill-will be passed, and the Municipal Corporations Bill will be considered m Committee.