WHEN THE HOUSE MEETS TO-DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1487, 9 July 1912, Page 6

WHEN THE HOUSE MEETS TO-DAY.

; resignation of the- Hon. T. MacikenzieNand his colleagues will not be officially accepted by the Governor until tho Massey Administration has been sworn in. 'Meantime thtt. Ministers are transacting the business of their Departments, and : preparing to hand their administration over to their successors. A meeting of ', Cabinet was held yesterday afternoon, but »iily formal business was transacted. ■•'■•. The Mackenzie party will: occupy the Ministerial benches when tho House of Representatives meets this afternoon, in order that the retiring Prime Minister may announce that he has handed his resignation to the Governor. This statement will be followed by aji- intimation to the House by Mr. Massoy that ho has ■undertaken the responsibility of forming a. new .Ministry. ■' A motion, will then be proposed by the Prime Minister that the House should adjourn, , to enable Mr. Mas■'"sey to form tis Government. Tho length * of tho adjournment will be determined i by Mr. Massey's wish on the matter. ■Last evening he stated that he hoped to be able to meet the House with his Ministers on .Wednesday afternoon. It was possible, 'he said,, that circumstances , might arise that , would necessitate a longer adjournment, but he hoped to,- be able to 'announce his selection of colleagues with da little delay as possible. The. sifting this afternoon is likely to ■be a short, one. .The formalities in connection with the change of Government \will probably be the last bnsiness of the Bitting. . .' .' . ■;'•■■■ : ] ■ •',';■ :■■ : The;< Speaker'of the-House explained . yesterday that there was nothing in the .Standing' Orders to prevent routine 'business, such as questions and notices of :motion,' being brought up on siich an occasion, . Formal'matters were.dealt with by the House at similar, sitting's'in 1881, , -when the from- the -.Atkinson.Ministry ■ 'to tho '■ -Stoutyogel .Ministry, and back:again.in" the space of ,<&Jfew. weeks. .The ',Speaker coneuiTed,. .'iowever, .-in/a-suggestion that members were unlikely, to introduce'details'of for)nal business;at to-day'sisitting. /*' ' There will be another short sitting' on the day .that the new Ministry meets the House/and then an adjournment will be made to the day on which Mr. Massey considers he will bo ready to proceed with the;business of the session. '

v TIE PROCEDURE. WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY. TIE ..REMNANT DIVIDED,