HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 94, 30 March 1931, Page 8

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A TEST OF ENDURANCE WELLINGTON 7 , This Day. Tlie test of endurance which had been in progress for just on SO sitting hours in the House of Representatives showed some sign of ending when Hie adjournment was la ken at. midnight on Saturday. If tlie phlific.nl situation commanded at,tent ion fori night ago, interest has been intensitied greatly within Hie past few d ys, lor it appears as though the Prime Minister lias outmanoeuvred the Labour Party by bis decision to apply the closure and so break down the stonewall against the finance Hill, which gave promise of being dragged nut imleliniloly.

At present the position -is that, the Labour Parly will fight the application of the closure as Ion?; as it can on the ground that it infringes the right, ot free speech. .However, the weight of opinion in (ho House, that shell tactics as hove boon adopted by the members on the cioss benches lor a week, will nllimaioiy cause more harm than good in dealing with (he situation, will no doubt ensure that business will he pushed ahead very soon. The House met at —.-■«) p.m. to-day to deal with the second Labour amendment to Mr. Forbes’ motion. Mr. Speaker left the chair at midnight, on a. Saturday for the first time in eight years.