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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 February 1912, Page 3

OPENING OF THE SESSION. When the speech concluded the members of the popular chamber repaired to their seats, and the Speaker having declared the resumption of the House, routine business opened with customary notices of motion. Among a goodly budget, to which new members contributed not a few, came the inevitable one by Mr Vernon, Reed giving notice to move that <a respectful address be prepared in reply to his Excellency's speech ;• a little later Mr Massey quietly intimating, his intention of moving what, divested of i|s .'political technicalities, is a no confidence motion against the Government.. ! After a little further routine business, the Prime Minister in--timated that o|i Tuesday he proposed to introduce the ; Local Government Bill and Legislative Amendment Bill foreshadowed in the speech, and the .; House; adjourned at 3:50 p.m. till Tuesday ..afternoon, at 2,30 p.m.. QUESTIONS FORMiHISTERS. Members gave notice of twen-ty-two questions wjiich included the following : — Last session £1500 was voted for- the erection of a post} office at. Takapuna, and Mr Harris (Waitemata) has asked when tenders fqr the- erection of the building will be called. Mr R.F. Bollard (Raglan) reminded the Pqstn}aster-.Ge,n.ei-ai that ijie post office at Raglan w-as destroyed by fire in May, and has not been rebuilt. A new post office at Dargaville is asked for by Mr Coates (Kaipara), who also asks whether the Minister fqr Railways would add a daily express train to. the service between Auckland and Irlel,.eiisvil]e. He also wants the Ministerqf Lands to tell him when he intends offering Kaihu block No 4 Awakino, some 5000 acres, for selection. An extension of the wqrkiinajis^ traii^ Qi\ til© Kaipara line, on to Swauson, is desired by Mr J. Bollard (Ecleu).