BAD ORGANISATION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 396, 3 December 1932, Page 4

BAD ORGANISATION

The list of measures remainj ing to be dealt with by Parliament, as outlined by the Prime ! Minister in the House last night, I reveals the justice of the charg- | es which have been made that I the House has been frittering its 1 time away in the consideration : of inconsequential measures, : while important matters have i been thrust into the baekground. j It is possible, in view of the ; Government's maioricy and the , Prime Minister's uruent desire J to conclude the session next | Thursday, that members will ! succeed in maintaining their ; Chri'stmas Yacation undisturbI ed. But, if this is so, ic is obvii ous from the Prime Minister's outline, that -important business I will be hurried through regard|less of proper consideration and j that where it is not possible to • hurry it through, it will be deferred for a further two months. The fact that the Government has placed itself in this position | does not reflect favourably upon j its powers of organisation. The ! j Deputy-Leader of the Labolir : ' Party used strong words in conI I demning this delay, but ali j though he failed to make some ! necessary allowances, his rer . marks are not without justifi- ! cation. As some answer to them, j hov/ever, the Government may ' justly point out that the Opposi- | tion has contributed to this deI lay. The present session has ; been characterised by a great j deal of superfluous verbosity J and a very fair proportion of j that has come from the Labour I benches. That fact however, | does not excuse the lack of vigour with which the Government has prosecuted the work of the ( session nor will it make the country any more patient while ; Cabinet employs itself for a fur- : ther two months, in devising I means to meet the position. If the Government had directed the attention of the House to the important matters awaiting consideration instead of permitting its own members to introduce unnecessary and ill-consid-1 er'ed measures, it would not now ; be forced to disclose the most unsatisfactory position of the , order paper. i f