PARLIAMENT IN RECESS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 155, 12 June 1936, Page 8

PARLIAMENT IN RECESS

TILL RINGING OF BELLS. Government And Opposition Exchange Compliments. FINANCE BILL NEXT SESSION Press Association —Copyright. Wellington, .lone 11. Parliament this afternoon rose for the mid-winter recess, which will last until July 21. Assent was given by the Gov-ernor-General, Viscount Galvvay, to all the remaining legislation passed by Parliament.

The House of Representatives met and adjourned till the ringing of bells. In the Legislative Council the Broadcasting Bill, the Molyneux Gold Dredging Company Bill and the Napier Harbour Board and Napier Borough Enabling Bill were passed. The Napier Bill was passed as amended by the Local Bills Committee. When the House resumed the amendments to the Napier Bill were agreed to. The House adjourned till the GovernorGeneral's assent was secured to Bills which had been passed. A brief mock Parliament was held in the interval, Mr. H. S. S. Kyle (Opposition. Riccarton) being in the chair. On the resumption the Speaker announced that the Gov-ernor-General had assented to the measures.

The Prime Minister, the lit. Hon. M. J. Savage, moved that the House on itsrising reassemble on July 21, with a provision that the House should be called together earlier if the occasion should arise. Mr. Savage thankee the Opposition for the assistance its members had given him during the session. Perhaps at times their advice had been cut short, but he appreciated their efforts to see that the legislation was in the public interest and in proper shape. He also paid a tribute to the Speaker for the care and attention he had paid to his duties during die session.

The Leader of the Opposition, the Pit. Hon. G. W. Forbes, thanked the Prime Minister for the sentiments expressed regarding the Opposition and thanked him for the courtesy extended to the members of the Opposition on all pccasions. He was looking forward to the resumption of the session, when he believed the secret of where the money was to come from would be revealed, so that it should be a most interesting session. He added a tribute to the Speaker for the way he had conducted the proceedings of the House. The Speaker thanked the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on behalf of himself and the Chairman of Committees for the assistance they had given the chair on all occasions.

The motion was carried and the House rose at 3.25 p.m.