AN EARLY SESSION?
NO DIRECT EVIDENCE
BUT STILL A PROBABILITY
For weeks past politicians have been discussing the possibility of xn early session, and the opinion lias been freely expressed that Parliament will bo called together in April. Vaiious reasons have been suggested. At tho end of last year the suggestion was that Parliament would have to be called together to pass legislation providing for compulsory national service. But men seemed to offer l'roel.r'enwigli for a time under tho voluntary system, and this theory slumped. Then it was announced that the Prime Minister and. tho Finance Hi mister had been invited to go Home, pTesumably to exchange piews with the Imperial authorities on certain wai questions, and the rumour was that there would be an early session to allow them to go. All tho utterances of Ministers on the subject have not lessened the general uncertainty as to what may happen. Mr. Massey has sjHtcd repeatedly that he will not go Homo while there is important work for him to do here. Tins statement; <n statements similar to it, was always subject to the qualification that at any time circumstances—perhaps a sudden summons from tho Imperial Government —might compel him to lom'o New Zealand. The rumour that Parliament will meet in April has been repeated with greater frequency and greater confidence lately. . Wlmlher it is now better founded than ever it was -very few of the circulators of the rumour can possibly know. All that can be said for it is that it bears the impress of probability. If .it should materialise, if Parliament should meet in April, then it is highly improbable that there will be another session this year. Replying'to a deputation vesterdav the Prime Minister said: "It is ou'fte likely that the House will meet earlier than usual This year, but even that depends,on other circumstances which I can't make public." Making further inouiries, it Dominion reporter asked Mr. Massey for a more explicit statement on the subject if he could give oiie. Mr. Mnssey's replv was that he could not say what would happen, because he did not know. Cabinet did not know. Apparently the "circumstance'' to which Mr. Massey referred is some possible or probable future contingency.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2716, 10 March 1916, Page 6
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372AN EARLY SESSION? Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2716, 10 March 1916, Page 6
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