SESSION FORECAST.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1921, Page 2

SESSION FORECAST.

COMING HI 1.1.5. (Our Parliamentary Correspondent.) \YELLINGTON, Sept. 2d Tlie features-'of the session tluil is to be coinmeneed on Thursday, have Iseen nuule fairly familiar already. Parliament's big task is tlie Tariff Hill wliieli is now ready, lint will not lie brought tlown until Mr Massey lias bad time to examine its'details. The Highways Hill, amending and consolidating Land Hill, Mortgages Extension Amendment Hill and various other measures have also keen prepa red. Then there is the report o! the Macing C'oinmissiun to be considered and considerable time will have to be giten to finance. A score id' other Hills that have keen promised or indicated by Minister.? eon Id lie mentioned and some id them will have to lie faced, Imt it is fairly clear that Ministers and members will have t« leave lAidone a good malty things that ought to he done, it they are to finish the session within reasontilde time. LENGTH OK SESSION.

It is living assured in tlie lobbies that the session will continue into the new rear in any ease, hut members are not forgetting that these is to be a general election at the end of next year. That means that the 1922 session must start fairly early. GOVERNOR GENERAL’S SPEECH. The Coventor General's speech lias keen prepared and is stated to he ns colourless as nsnal. It merely indicates some of the work that is to lie tindertaken.

T'MK ADDRESS. Ministers prohablv will ho glnd to have the Adduess-iii-Meply prolonged over next week, in order to bridge the interval until the arrival ol -Mr -Massov, hut they will not he tonkarrassou if the Opposition groups elioose to elit down tlie talking. Several Ministerial kills aie ready for immediate attention and will easily keep the House Intsv for a lew days. hacino commission. The Kaeiug Commission's report will not be discussed until Mr Massey returns ami lias an opportunity to consult with his colleagues. Mr Masse v made the promise last session Hint no changes regarding ill a lotal.KUtor permits would become elleeti'e ' Parliament laid further considered tlie matter and since then lie has received various representations from the parties affected by the Commission's reconimviulaliolis.. He lias a.skell 1A the matter be held o.er unli! lie has time to get fully ae(|Uinmed with the i,Ut! ” THE TARIKK BILL. The procedure with regard to the Tu-itf Hill will not be determined definitely until Mr Massey returns. 1 recwlent requires that the amended tariff shall he put into legislative toi in before the end of the session. 11 Hus is done there is bound to he a «‘""' plaint that the interested parties h.n nut had time to nwike their views known to members. . . Some of tlie Ministers are ol opinion t| n t New Zealand ought to follow the Australian practice, and after passing the resolutions which bring the w" tariff into operation, refer the "bole matter to a committee. Tins committee could then take evidence and make investigations during the recess and so (rive time for the proposals to be tally discussed before they are hnallv adopted by Parliament next year, "'is atrangement won* simplily the work of the session considerably, hut Mr Mas-;-ev has great capacity for work and be may elioose to go straight nlieati with the hills-