PARTY CAUCUSES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24630, 11 June 1941, Page 6

PARTY CAUCUSES

WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 10. A wide' range of subjects was covered at the caucus of the Parliamentary Labour Party to-day, stated the Acting Prime Minister, Mr Nash, to-night. The caucus met in the morn-, ing and continued for three hours and a-half at night. Mr Nash said that every political subject under discussion in the past month had been reviewed. No decision had yet been made regarding the date of the Waitemata by-election.

Mr Nash also stated that it was decided to send messages of goodwill to Mr Fraser, to Lieutenant A_. G. Hultquist (Bay of Plenty) and lieutenant C. F. Skinner (Motueka), both of whom were serving with the N.Z.E.F. A message was also sent to Mr H. T. Ratana (Western Maori), who is indisposed, and a resolution of sympathy in the death of Captain W. J. Lyon was adopted, members standing in silence. An appropriate message is to be sent to Mrs Lyon and the family. The Opposition also held a caucus to-night. The Leader of the party, Mr S. G. Holland, said that questions to be raised in the secret session to-mor-row and the course the Opposition is to take in the Imprest Supply Bill debate later in the week were fully discussed.