THE SESSION

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 2878, 2 December 1921, Page 3

THE SESSION

BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT. The Prime Minister in tine House dl Representative's made a statement on the business done by the House, ard to be done. He pointed out that already sixteen iliills had been passed and ho gave a list of them aJs follows: —Banking Amendment Bill, Cook Islands Bill, Hunter Gift Bill, Imprest Supply Bills No. I and 2, Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill, Laud Tax Amendment Bill, Law Practitioners Amendment Bill, Local Bodies,’ Loans Amendment Bill, Orchard Tax Amendment Bill, Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Bill, Rabbit Nuisances Amendment Hill Samoa Bill, Treaties of Peace Extension Bill. There were before select eommittess to be dealt with Animals Protection Bill, Anzac Day Bill, Factories Amendment Bill, Law' of Libel Bill, Local Bodies Finance Bill, the Moratorium Bill, Native Trustee Amendment Bill, and the Motoi Vehicles Bill. The following bills were on the Order Paper:—Death Duties Amendment Bill, Forests Bill, Land Agents Bill, Maintenance Orders Bill, Education Amendment Bill, Customs Amendment Bill. There were 17 local bills to be dealt with and some private members’ bills. Mr G. Witty (RSecarton) : Their day is gone. The Prime Minister said that lie. might take it they were gone too. In addition to the bills mentioned the following bills had yet to lie dealt with : State Advances Amendment Bill, Stamp Duties Amendment Bill, So vim's Bank Act Amendment Bill (which referred only to what w ere, called private savings banks), Land and Income Tax Bill (an annual bill with perhaps one or two amendments). Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Bill (a loan hill authorising the Government to raise money to carry on works for development purposes), Expiring Law s, Continuing Bill, Finance Bill) one of the most important measures of the session because it would provide the legislation for effecting economies and retrenchment) Harbours Act Amendment Bill, Discharged Soldiers Settlement Bill, Wa-shing-Cp Native and European Bills, Land Amendment Bill. Life Insurance Amendment Bill (dealing with deposits by companies), Shops "and Offices Amendment Bill. There were about- 50 other bills, but be did not think there was the slightest chance of them being dealt with during the present session. Members had a'skod him if it would be possible to complete, the work by Christinas, hut he expressed no opinion on that as it was impossible to lx- definite. There were 20 full working days, taking in one Saturday and if the House wished to finish in that time it would have to work steadily all through. He did not want the House to put through legislation by exhaustion. He wished to put the position before, the House as ho found it, at the same time making it clear that the Government wanted the work done well and thoroughly. There was also the Tariff Ill'll and the Estimates, also the Public Works Estimates. Mr 11. E. Holland (Buller) asked if there would be an Arbitration Bill, and Mr (Massey replied that- there w as one -on the stocks, but he did not know what was in it.