The Guardian corporated the West Coast Times And Evening Star, with which is in- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932. PARLIAMENT.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1932, Page 4

The Guardian corporated the West Coast Times And Evening Star, with which is inFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1932. PARLIAMENT.

The session of Parliament was opened yesterday afternoon with the asual pomp and ceremony. The ; GovernorGeneral’s speech from the Throne was a short one, and while it outlined some of the proposals to be brought forward dluring the present meeting, was of the usual formal nature'. A number of bills that it is proposed to bring forward were outlined and' some reference was made to the happenings a,t Ottawa, hut there was little efea of a nature that had not been made fully public before. After- a number of formal matters had been dealt with the House adjourned till to-day, when the only business -proposed to he dealt with wars that of paying tributes to deceased legislators. The list on. this occasion comprises the Hon. W. Pember Reeves, meimber for St. Albans, 1887 to 1896, a,nd: the first Minister of Labour in the world,, who recently died in Hon don; Mr E. H. Clark, who entered the House as member for Chalmers, in 1908, ahd who was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1920, of which he was a member and Chairman oif Committees at his death; Mr Tuiti Makitannra, member for Southern Maori from 1928 until his death this year; hnd Mr H. S. Valentine, who represented Waikaia and later Tuaptoka from 1887 to 1898. After carrying out this recording, it is expected that the House will adjourn unt’l Tnesdnv afternoon next, when ;it is probable the Address-in-Reply deba o will be commenced in both Houses. The mover and seconder in the House of Representatives will be Mr J - (Franklin).

and Mr P. McSkimming (Clutba) respectively, and in the Legislative Council the Hon. J. Trevethick (Auckland) and the Hon. G. Smith (Canterbury). When this, debate is finished it is proposed to. place before the House a statement on .the Ottawa Conference, the final report of the National Expenditure Commission., and the Budget. 'Phis will give members plenty of subjects to engage tlieir attention for some time, and the first month" should prove a very busy one, r, s within that period it is expected the' most important matters of the session will be dealt with. There are large number of other controversial matters to te set down for attention, so that the session which is expected to he prolonged we’ 1 towards the end of the year should prove an interesting one.