CONCLUDING THE SESSION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 983, 25 November 1910, Page 6

CONCLUDING THE SESSION.

GOVERNMENT'S FINAL PKO- , . GRAMME. . A statement as to the manner in which the -Government. proposes :to . utilise the few remaining days of the cession was •.'>mado ,bv the .Prime Minister (Sir Joseph . • ;\Vaid)' in tba.' House of Representatives He said it was hoped, to '-bring Parliament to an end early next • week. If .it:were possible, to put-through , tho first S3von Bills on the Order Paper that day -ha. would ask the Hduse to • tikis" local. Bills immediately afterwards. , The..-seven - Bills 'were:— ;.v./D'entiSts Amendment Bill. . Amendment-Bill.. ■ ' ■V.v Public Holidays Bill, i .Municipal Corporations Amendment Bill ■ : Public Works Amendment Bill.- ' • ■ ■'ii', Thermal Springs Districts Bill. ■ ; -;-Waihou and Ohihemuri Rivers Im- . provement Bill., Next day-(Friday) an Imprest' Supply. • '■Bill'would -be necessary, but ' if • the . ~Hpuse put. ji/:,.through in I'.he "proposeafto ask it to ..consider'the -1 - Tramways Amendment Bill. ; .. .»• Law Libel Amendment Bill.. . ;•'>* Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration ■ Amendment Bill. Y'J'Factories, Bill. / ; Coal-mines Amendment Bill (No. 2)., ' Milling Amendment Bill. Government Railways Amendment - Bill ■> (No. 2). ' 'The Stamp Duties-Amendment Bill it "'-.was-proposed to allow to-drop. • Sir Joseph. Ward went, on to say .that. , r ion ; Mortday ' and Tuesday . the .report of '.-.'•the Hino Comniittee and'the debase on .:!th® 'Public ..Works Statement '">would bo ■ • takenv-ono on each day. On Wednesday •' he proposed " to ask tho House to con; ..Elder the. resolutions framed for the JmV; penal Conference". He proposed that tho '.' Reserves Bill should he referred to the Lands 'Committee on Monday. As far as he could see the. session should bo- • .brought to r-close on Wednesday. < V,' Mr'. Wilford (Hutt): Will you take the ' Herbalists' Bill? ... -,v. Sir Jqseph'.AVard' replied, that this was a contentious Bill, .and with. tho , Metaphysicians Bill would make a' good pair for next session. Continuing,' Sir Joseph Ward said, in reply to Mr. Massey, that ' :;.if. the House would restore the Land . Settlement Finance Bill he proposed to ?ut in it a- clause embodying the Dairy ndustry Act. . ■ 'The Hon.-T. 1 Yi Duncan:-What about J the "Canterbury runs?, .. ' W Sir Joseph Ward: I have a clause in „.the Reserves-Enabling Bill dealing with • ■ the; matter. .' - Mr. Ms-ssey said■ it had been suggested "jti> him: that the House should not debate •■""'the report;,of the . Hino C-omiiiiFfeo ,the day .it was laid" oh tho table. 'Sir Joseph Ward said he thought the ' repbrt-could be. tabled next day", and. tho debate, could be taken on Monday or • Tuesday. ■ ■ To Mr. Herdman: The local Bills he "had spoken of included the, Wellington Harbour Enabling Bill. Ho.did hot propose to sit on Saturday. • Mr. Lnurenson said members 'we.re anxious to get", home as soon as possible, and he suggested-'sitting on 1 Saturday. , Mr. Massey said he did: not think sitting, on Saturday, would end the session an hour earlier. - ....'-Sir, Joseph Ward said that matter ,i.©ould be settled next day.