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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1896, 3 November 1913, Page 7

Whatever else it may bo responsible for, tho watorsidors' strike will undoubtedly have tho offc.ct of extending tho present session of Parliament. All hope of bringing tho cession to a conclusion by tho end of this mouth has already vanished into thin air. On tlio surface of' things work has been proceeding steadily in tlio House, and tlis Council, but some of tho most important parts of tho political machine work unseen. The strike and its attendant circumstances have imposed so much work upon tho Prime Minister and somo of his colleagues that the ordinary business of Parliament has had to be correspondingly neglected, and tho fact lias a vital bearing upon tiro duration of the session. Some of tho most important measures in the Government programme aro for tho time being laid aside. How long the session will liist is, at tho moment, more or less a matter of speculation, but there are members competent to form an opinion who now see very little hope of vising much before Christmas.