PARLIAMENT

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 6 August 1929, Page 3

PARLIAMENT

FINANCIAL DI3UATI

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WKLI.INUTQN, This Day. '] |,i' debate en! thi' Financial Stale llll'lll Will I"' I'OlllllH'llCl'll ill till! llllllSf 111 Representatives (his evening, and »s . o x" puetciP iu commie I"cn- iit least ;i fori • night. The i.'piiiiixi nf tin- Prime Minister is Mini (he diseussi in tin; Hutlgel will occupy llir House fur II foi'lnighl or llii'ui' works, ami llii.s seems likely in view of tins curl ailment, of sitLinjj; hours, as approved last week in the adopt ion n.f a section of the proposed new Standing Orders. The remaining section of the SI finding Orders will probnhly ho finally disposed of tomorrow afternoon.

Gratification is expressed by Sir Josopli Ward nl tlie reception that has been accorded his Budget throughout the, country, lie slides that he has received numerous telegrams of congratulation from all parts of the Dominion. and gives point, to the remark l>y adding that the source of some of the messages, if disclosed, would be an eyeopener to his political opponents.

With the Financial Debate looming largo in the foreground, it is not easy to place in eoirect perspective the remaining legislative business of the prosi nf session. Sir Joseph Ward stilled hisl night that he thought the session should finish by the end of September, but the opinion of Opposition members, as expressed this morning', was that the wish was probably father to the thought, and that Sir Joseph's estimate was unduly optimistic. After the Financial Debate has been concluded some important Bills will receive consideration, and the nature of some of them suggests that they will be subjected to a good deal of ,lalk. Then there are the Railways Statement and the Public: Works Statement, with its accompanying estimates, to. say nolliing of the main Estimates, to be put through.