FEDERAL POLITICS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1931, Page 5

FEDERAL POLITICS

THE SENATE. (Australian Press Association) CANBERRA, )[i>y ‘29. Tile Senate by 16 to 6 again disallowed the Governments regulations giving preference to Watei.side Federation members on wharf work. Sir G. Pearce moved that a petition of May 27 be sent to the GovernorGeneral. Sir G. Peaive directed attenLion to the grave constitutional aspects involved by the Government’s defiance of Parliament ami said if the executive wr'orfgiy used its powers. Parliament’s early redress v.ns to address His Excellency or to take the • extreme step of refusing supply, and •so bring Government to an end. Sir G. Pearce’s motion was agreed to by 17 to 7. FINANCIAL YEAH. THE BUDGET SPEECH. (Received this day at 10. Id a.m.) SYDNEY, May 29. ! The financial year ends on June 30, and no Budget speech will be delivered in the " State Parliament before that date and none has been delivered srnce 1929. This is probably the first time in history of Parliament that the financial year passed without a Budget. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bavin, said that they were faced with an unprecedented position. Tile whole finances of the State and finances of the Public Service had been carried on without proper authority by appropriation. Neither Parliament nor the public knew anything about the state of the finances.