The Guardian corporated the West Coast Times And Evening Star, with which is in- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932. THE SESSION.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1932, Page 4

The Guardian corporated the West Coast Times And Evening Star, with which is inMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1932. THE SESSION.

Thk formal preliminaries that follow the opening of a session of Parliament having been duljj carried out last week, the path is ctear for the commencement of the business of the session when the House meets again to-morrow afternoon. The first business to ho dealt with of a. serious nature will be the debate on the Address-i n-lteply to. the Governor-Gen-eral’s speech/ Though there had been a suggestion tliat the length of the debate should he curtailed by each party limiting the number of its speakers, so as to enable it to be concluded oi'iclcer than was usual, it is under site cil llm t the Labour Party have not oson tin ir way to egree to the suggestion, having intimated their intention to take full advantage of thoii; privileges to spook to the de-

bate, while the Leader of the Opposition has already given notice of an amendment to the motion, which will raise many controversial questions so that it is probable that this usually long drawn out procedure will again be noticeable, and that the actual business cf Parliament will in its turn have to await its time. The lengthy discussions which .annually take place on the Address-in-Reply -debate are mostly of a very uninteresting nature, most members taking the opportunity of addressing their electors through the columns of Hansard, of which, however there is now a greatly reduced circulation. One of the most important matters to bo brought forward is the official report of the Ottawa Conference, and the tabling of this is being keenly awaited, as it is expected' that at the same sitting Parliament will be asked to pass resolutions embodying the tariff concessions to be granted to- Great Britain in return for the preferences granted New Zealand products entering Great Britain. This is. sure to prove a- con traversing question, as there ore distinct differences of opinion among the parties. There is the' question of unemployment to b,s disowned and this will take up a considerable amount of the time of members, while the lengthy list of policy measures mentioned in. the speech on Thursday .a-re of sufficient importance to take up many hours of the session. The decision of the Government to move in the direction of making permanent the extension of the life of Parliament from three to four years will be strongly opposed by the opposition. Altogether the session gives promise of proving a lengthy and contentious one. ; It is evident that the Government expect this to be the case, as the Prime Minister a .day or two ago expressed the opinion that it would last well into December.