SOME SURPRISE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 25 November 1927, Page 7

SOME SURPRISE

ARBITRATION AMENDMENT SEVENTH ITEM ON ORDER PAPER. WILL IT BE DROPPED? (Special to “Tribune.”) Parlt. Building*, Nov. 25. The fact that the Arbitration Amendment Bill appeared as the seventh item of the day on the order paper caused some surprise among u section of Reform members of the House of Representatives, who expected that the committee stage on the Bill would be gone on with oday. This suggested the possibility that because of its contentious nature and the lateness of the session the Bill might not have been gone on with this year, especially 'as the Minister of Labour stated in the House this week that a conference would be called in regard to the con. stitution of the Arbitration Court. It will be recalled that the sections in the Bill dealing with the Conrc’s constitution were deleted bv the Labour Bills Committee. It was authoritatively stated yesterday that it was too optimistic to expect tha the Bill would be dropped. The measure was a most important one and the fullest consideration would have to be given as to what should he done with it even if the House was kept in session for another fortnight. EDUCATION AMENDMENT. Another Bill which it is suggested might be dropped is the Education Amendment. The Education Committee has inserted a clause providing for the Nelson system of religious instruction despite th e fact that the Minister of Education, in a printed reply to a question bv Mr FI At more stated on Monday night' that the Government did not propose to introduce legislation dealing with the Nelson system this session.