THE COMING SESSION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3201, 29 May 1909, Page 4

THE COMING SESSION.

Responding'at a social gathering at Greyrnouth to the toast of ."Parliament," the Hon. A. R. Guinness, M.P., sa'd that he regretted the death of Mi* Seddon, for he recognised that since then, in the last Parliament, they had not got that lead from the Government benches that they had a right to expect. It was necessary to keep on going ahead and progressing, as had been done in years past. As to the Prime Minister's policy speech at Invercargill, he regretted that in the list of proposed legislation submitted there was only one measure in which labour was directly concerned, and that was the amendment of the Workers' Compensation Act. Next session, when Parliament met added Mr Guinness, there was going tu be a "jolly good row." He had been a member of Parliaments, and this coming session wa3 awaited with the greatest pleasure by him. He recognised that on it depended matters of great moment for the good or otherwise of the people- It was extraordinary in that no one was'able or open to tell what really was likely to happen. He intended to advocate his accident insurance scheme from the floor of the House, and give the Government an opportunity of saying whether they were in favour of lessening the burdens on the workers and providing them with a little assistance in time of sickness and distress.