POLITICAL

Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1932, Page 8

POLITICAL

COMING SESSION

WELLINGTON, August 23

In. the course of an interview the attention of Hon. Geo. Forbes was Jraw to the published opinion 'tnat lUsinesis would continue to pick up as iopg as Parliament did not meet, anti lfat apparently Parliament had ~‘g-oe. :>o ( fa-r with taxation and legislation ,oi ■a (drastic nature that the public had .ecome very timid concerning what, dip Legislature might do next. He ••.sajd he was,bound to agree that.a se.~.ipn of Parliament had an unsettling effect but this was chiefly caused ,bj dip fact that so many statements were inclined to be, mgdp-m----dib Houfce. The .Government., was not responsible- for many, things that'.were pjijd during debates, and it had, to be Ikmitted ’it was unfortunate, - that, there was a-danger pf the country beccniing alarmed unnecessarily - overquestions which were, over-stated.

MAINTAINING STABIL’TY

As far as the future was concerned. ih'H Dominion could be assured ( that, the Government would not bring down legislation that would. .further ...iptefe it re with contracts or in any. way haye an. unsettling effect op trade, and industry. As stated so ms days ago, the

oyemment had completed. its legisla* tire programme to meet the egpngpiic 'crisis,, and tin* laws oykl be. left ,<to fake tbgirA course,L’hp coming session would not provide, ny surprises, apd Parliament wgiild be alrnn-t wholly concerned .with - rqfu tine work and legislature which bad been delayed owing-to the. heavy p-es-of w.ork .dufipg '-tjte host two years. • -• ’’Q

j Questioned concerning 'taxation, the Prime Minister said he was able to yfy that no 'more general taxation ropld he imposed. In-. addition,- the Government was fairly confident that : there would he no need to increase Natation for.' unemployment relief purroses.- ••>. .’V .

Tlie.aeting-Minister of Employment, lion. -A. . Hamilton, who was with .the Prime Minister 'at the time, agreed that unless • something unforseen occurred resulting in unexpected demands lying made on the unempiby mont fund there should be no need for additional unemployment taxation. He said there was every’ prospect that unpmplovmeiit registrations would dewith the approach of spring and this would mean that the Unemt plgymenti’Board’s, expenditure would not have to- bear such a heavy strain. Naturally, the Government would do everything in its power to avoid making further demands upon wage-earn-ers, and at the moment, the outlook wajs improving. , . y

TWO SESSIONS UNAVOIDABLE^ Reference was made by tbe Prime Minister to a suggestion that Parliament shoud have continued its work during the emergency session, and made the holding of another ses- ' iou tlifs year unnecessary. He said the Government-, would have avoided., the holding; of a second .Session, tbip year if it could have done &Q*. but for several reasons this would not hfive been practicable. In the first place, it was impossible .with the present , systeip. .of national a.ehpuating. to . prepare .the estimate and ; have, the budget ready .for,, presentation before July, , 7; ... Had it been ...possible to present the national estimates, earlier in the. yea/, tbe Government would, , have ; been pleased" to do away with a secppd ses T 5i0n...., As it .waiSj however, the \vpr|c of, the coming .session would pi actigelly , reydvo around, .the estimates, yhioh,, in his, opinion,; Woyld. be,,tlm most iIU" portant single items. t to be . dealt vyitli. In, addition, ,it,oould. not be overlooked , that there might be logislntigij aHfc ing out of. the decisions, reached .at the Ottawa Conference, although. it could not be. said at. the ; monvent, jiirt .wjj.atj legislation, would be needed, in .this re-, spect. ' - r| n any event, the country need have ho fear that, Parliament’s -work, during t_ y coming .months .would have an. unsettling effect- As far. as thp .Government was concerned, there, was, a geod deal of -legislation ~of. more or less minor importance, but which, had .been delayed for* some time, and which, was needed in order .to amend ,c.ertain..exi.s,ting laws nnd-.mf'ko their -anministr;itico n -eV'vc. What- siafemehts woi ~d bo mydc.in the .House. by-.-geiv tain interests.i remained to be seen, but the Government, w.ais gratified, with the / evidences of returning confidence, and it Would assist in every way to restore a fuller measure of faith in the future. • ’■

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