THE COMING SESSION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19512, 22 June 1925, Page 8

THE COMING SESSION.

NO-CONFIDENOE AMEN DMEi\ T T. OPPOSITION ATTITUDE UNCERTAIN. (From Ou.i: Own Correspondent.! WELLINGTON, Juno 21. Tho session—the last of the present Parliament apparently —will commence on Thursday. With the general election not far off there is certain to bo a great deal of talk and not a great deal of legislation. The session will most probably last three months or a little longer. A no-confidence amendment may bo expected, if not from the Liberals, certainly from the Labour Party, and possibly on the first Imprest Supply Bill. If Mr Wilfoid decides to move an amendont ho will, of course, get in ahead of the Labour Party, but in view of Mr Wiiford’s recent state mont about “vain quarelling over potty ■things” it will be difficult for him to justify the moving of a no-confidence amendment.^ The main part of the Governor-General’s Speech, which is delivered on the opening day, is already in print, and tho facts m regard to finance have been occupying the attention of tho Treasury and tho Hon. Mr Nosworthy, who is acting as Minister of Finance pending tho arrival of the Hon. Mr Downio Htewart. The latter is now expected hero on July 3 instead of Jul> 6, and ho will be sworn in as Minister or Finance, so that the reading of the Budget Speech will fall to his lot later m tho session. In one of his recent speeches nr Auckland tho Prime Minister stated that if Mr Stewart’s health had been more robust tho position as far as ho (Mr Coates) " as concerned might have been very different. Ho expressed tho hope that Mr would come back much improved m health to be the Prime Minister s right-hand man, because ho felt sure that such a combination would be for the good of tho dominion as a whole, Tho latest accounts by mail of Mr Stewart’s health is that the muscles were reacting to tho vaccine treatment administered in Dt Burbank’s clinic. Ihc reaction, as was expected, was severe, and Mi Stewart was unablo to walk. Iho piospects wore, however, that ho would make a good recovery.