EMERGENCY SESSION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 155, 23 February 1932, Page 5

EMERGENCY SESSION

#("Post" Specigl Gpmmissioner)

opening to-day GOVERNMENT WILL BROOK NO UNNECESSARY , DELAYS ;:t . .... ,, FORECAST OF BUSINESS

' WEDLINixTpN, 'Jjorida^ , Although Parliament ppens tp-mpr7 row, proceedings wijl | be , brief , and Thp qhief business will be tbe .ejection pf the Speaker and the swearing, ,i,n.pf membe\'s^ , ... , ^Siq Charles, Statham is sure of reelection; tp the Speakership, which he has held , since ,1923. . , .. .On Wednesday the Goyernor-Gen-eral, Lord JBlpdisloe, wi|l deliver the Speech from the . Throne. , > . f The Pripie Minister, the Rt. Hon. 0- W. Fprbes, told the "Post's" special commissioner to-day that Cabinet rje'garded the coming session as.purely an emergency one and it would not be allowed tp drag on. He did .not think it would be. possible to cqncjude the business before Easter, but tjiere was no reason why the pr.ogramme should not be completed by the end' of March. - , . ; . , No, Unnecessary Delay . "The Government is not going to submit to anything in the fo.rm of determined opposition," he declared! Mr, Forbes said the hours of^sitting would be prolonged, but not uritil the second week. Sittings would also^ be held on Monday s. The present intention wias to cpmmence the "Address-in-Reply on Thursday evening. r ,.,Qn Wednesday after the official o?pening there would be an adjournment until Thursday afternoon,' when g ^tribute would be paid to ^ dec4ased legisjators. On Thursday evening the ilddress-in-Reply debate would he ipitiated by. Mr, A. J. Mur'docH "(Marsden) and Mr. j. Bitchener' (Waitaki)'. Eyery' effort would be made to curtail the ' Address-in-Reply debate, Mr. Forhe.s concluded.

Ihe. Government has not'yet quite finalised it's programme for the session although the general plan has been mapped out. One of the first things to be done will be the ratifiCjgtion of the Canadian trade treaty, and it is not anticipated that the debate on, thi^ will he prolonged, although it is possible that it will give rise to some discussion regarding the prospects for the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa.

Arbitration Amendment The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Bill .will be one of the first measures dealt with. It is understood tbat the Government has not yet decided on the exact form this measure will take. Rumours have been in circulation that it was intended to abolish the Arbitration Court altogether, but it is extremely unlikely tbat the Government will go to that length. At tbe same time there are likely to be important alterations and tbe position of the nominated representatives may be alfected. . , The "Post's" commissioner was informed to-day that the fact that nominations are not being called for the positions of nominated members of the Court has no special significance apart from the possibility of reorganisation. . There will also he an amendment of the Apprentices Act, but what form this will take it is not possible to say at the moment. The chief interest of the session will eentre on the report of the Economy Commission, which is due on March 1. Naturally, no inkling of the possible recommendations of the commission is available, but it would not be surprising if some of its proposals are of a drastic nature. .......