END OF THE SESSION
NO SIGN OF HURRY. (From Our Parliamentary Reporter). Wellington, Oct. 17 Although members and Ministers say senerally that the session is going to end this month, there is not yet any sign of hurry about the House. Members are doing their work in a leisurely way and they" have plenty of it still in front of them. The amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Liquor Bill will give rise to some debate before agreement is reached. The Expeditionary Forces Bill, containing the provision for the exemption of clergymen, is waiting for the completion of its second reading. The report of the Cost of Living Committee has to come back to the House and will give rise to another debate. The Social Hygiene Bill is not likely to proceed very far in its present form, but it will occupy time. The Loan Bill and a Maori Land Bill are among the other matters in hand. The question of pensions and allowances appears to be disposed of. But there will be trouble if the Government, after pleading utter inability to pay the soldier and his wife more than £2 10s a week, proposes a war bonus for civil servants.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1917, Page 3
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203END OF THE SESSION Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1917, Page 3
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