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Stratford Evening Post, Volume III, Issue 198, 10 November 1934, Page 5

END OF THE SESSION

House Adjourns Until February

I ELECTION DATE NOT ANNOUNCED I Plenty of Notice will be Given Press Association —Copyright Parliament. Blclgs., Today. The House met at 10.30 a.m., when Mr. J. A. Lee gave notice of his intention, to introduce a Bill to empower the Minister of Defence to inr.i*t on the New Zealand War Funds Council, the ,New»Zealand Red Cross, a'nd the" Canteens Fund to distribute a. greater proportion of their funds for the relief of distress among returned soldiers.. Unemployment Fund Mr. Chapman asked the Minister of Employment whether in view of the fact that at September 3Q 1934 the credit balance in the Unemployment . Fund amounted to £1,821,953,. he would take immediate steps,to increase the payments to unemployed. Hon J. A- Young in reply said while the cash balance in the fund was as stated, the true balance after deducting liabilities actually incurred but' not j paid was approximately only £460,000.

I That represented only about five I weeks' reserve of the allocation. j . It would therefore be appreciate:! - ! that the Board had not the surplus of reserves available to be trapsfer■■red, which Mr. Chapman had quoted. , The House then adjourned till the i ringing of the bells to permit dis- ' cussion between the managers of the r House and ■ the -Legislative - Council j regarding a ,clause. in. the Local, LeI gislation Bill .regarding the legacy ': left to the Hastings Hospital. | ' When' ' the - House ' resumed ' Mr. 1 Young reported that an agreement : had been reached between the manI agers of the respective Houses. ! Mr. Forbes moved that the House j adjourn till February 13. This was | agreed .to; , . , Legislation to be Ready | Replying to Mr. Mason, Mr Forbes ! assured members that the legislation 1 the Government intended to bring

I clown would be ready for presenca- ! tion to the House, and it would be | put through with" the utmost despatch, f Legislation to be introduced would !be the Mortgage Corporation, Rei organisation of the Native Departi nfent and" Native Land' Settlement. 'The most important legislation would \be that effecting - the Mortgage Corporation. " . I It" would not.be possible to deal I with such far-reaching financial proposals in a hurried way. ■ Mr. Forbes referred to the most

important measures that had been dealt .with during -the,session, and congratulated the Minister of Finance'on the way he.had handled the Tariff Revision and Finance Bills and the Companies Act. He said Mr. Coates showed a great deal of tact and ability in the way he had presented those measures to the House. . .

Asked about the date of the General Election, Mr. Forbes said he was not in a position yet to state the date on which it will be held, but members would receive ample notice.

Some smaller measures might be presented in the autumn session, but there would be no general legislation that would prolong the session. He conveyed to members the season's greetings. Mr. Savage reciprocated the Prime Minister's greetings, and the House, rose at 12.15.