TWELVE-HOUR DAY
SITTING OP THE HOUSE
LONGEST OF SESSION (Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The House of Representatives completed its longest sitting of the present session when it adjourned at 2.30 a.m. to-day after a protracted discussion on the second reading of the Finance Bill. ( The debate broke no new ground, the speeches 'being mainly reiteration of points made by both sides during the Address-in-Reply and the financial statement discussions. The tedium was relieved in the evening when the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, challenged the Leader of the 'Opposition, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, and members of his party to prove accusations previously heard that squandering of public works funds had taken place during his administration.
Members generally showed no inclination to discuss the provisions of the bill, which involved a borrowing programme of over £22,000,000 and an increase in taxation, but with the forbearance of 'Mr.'Speaker, covered a 'Wide field of political topics. Only two divisions were taken during the 12-hour sitting.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20025, 25 August 1939, Page 5
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