PROGRESS OF SESSION

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 54, 1 September 1926, Page 11

PROGRESS OF SESSION

IMPERIAL AFFAIRS DEBATE

TO-DAY.

The debate on Imperial Affairs, which was promised '.by the Prime Minister, -will takß place in tho House of Bepresentatives to-day. It will be recalled that when making his announcement on the subject tho Prime Minister said that, while he was prepared to take a note of what members had to say, he desired to have liberty of action at the coming Imperial Conference as to what course he should pursue on the various subjects which came up for discussion. A caucus of the Reform Party was held this morning, and discussed tho legislative programme for tho remainder of the session. Trom what could bo gathered afterwards it seemed that members took the view that although the last few weeks had been busy ones, there had been no serious over-work, and it was thought to be possible that the session's business could be brought to a finish about next Wednesday or Thursday.

Whether or not the House will sit this Saturday has not yet been decided, but there seems to be a desire not to make the remaining days too tiring for members.

A Tariff Bill will come down on Friday to give effect to the resolutions agreed to last night authorising increases in the duty on timber and for^ eign motor-cars, and legislation dealing with rural credits has also to be submitted, as well as a Bill putting tho motor bus regulations ' into statutory form.

The Prime Minister (the Bight Hon. J. (J. Coates) will leave for North Auckland on Saturday. The remainder of the session's business will be in the hands of the Minister of Finance (the Hon., W. Downie. Stewart) for the most part, ■■