KING'S SPEECH

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18879, 3 December 1935, Page 8

KING'S SPEECH

OUTLINE OF SUBJECTS DEFENCE DEFICIENCIES ill FETING OF CABINET FORERAN POLICY AFFIRMED (British Official Wireless.) lfeed. 1.15 ]>.ni. ItUCiiiY, Dim'. 2. Aptiri from references to foreign affairs, the King’s speech at the opening of Parliament is generally exported to deal with the problem of areas specially affected by the depression, with deficiencies in the defence services, with the raising of the school-leaving age, and with plans for railway improvements by means of a loan of £2f>,000.000 with a ffiovernment guarantee. 'The debate in the House of ('ominous on the Address-in-ltejdy will begin to-morrow afternoon, and the principal speakers on the first day will be the Prime Minister, Air Stanley Baldwin, and the Labor leader, Major ('. if. Attlee. The debate is expeeted to continue for the rest of the week. The final meeting of the Cabinet before the opening of Parliament was held this afternoon, and the terms of the King’s speech were approved. At the conclusion of the meeting, which lasted for nearly three hours, the Prime received the junior .Ministers, who ’were informed of the contents of the Speeeli from Ihe Tli roue.

Although no sfalemenl has been issued, it is understood that at to-day '.- meeting of the Cabinet the Government's policy in relation io current in- ! crnal ionti 1 .affairs was reviewed with particular reference lo the measures taken, or contemplated, in connection with the Halo-Abyssinian dispute. \'o change in that policy is indicated. As has been the case throughout, it will continue to be based on the principle of collect ivil v.