PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night TEe House of Representatives met at 2.30 p.m. MONDAY SITTINGS.
The Premier moved, in acoordanoer with notice given,- that on and after the 6th inst., the House .meet on Mondays at 7.30 p.m. for the transaction of Government business.
The motion gave rise to a lengthy debate, in which southern members protested against the proposal, as being unfair to them, while the Opposition generally contended that until the Government declared what measures it proposed to proceed with it. was unfair to take from members the time necessary for recuperation after a heavy week's work. The Hon. W. F. Massey, in reply, quoted a return to show that he was not taking Monday at an earlier date than in past years. He accused the South Island members of political laziness and an unwillingness to da their . duty to their constituents. Concerning the business tff the session, hq pointed out that 22 Bills bad been passed and sent to the Legislative Council. Four were in their, third reading stage. 7 were before Select Committees, 14 were in the second reading stage, and the Government intended to take .up Mr Hindmarsh's Distress Limitation Bill. . Mr Isitt: If you have doiio eo much, how have we obstructed yon? Mr Massey: We halve put thes» measures through in spite of, the obstruction of the honorable genttemei* opposite. So far as the terminating of the session was concerned, all Be could say was that he intended to stay where he was until the business of the House was completed. A division was called for, when th« motion was carried by 38 votes to 28. DEFAMATION BILL. The Defamation Bill was, on tho motion of the Hon. A. L. Herdman, read a second time, pro foma.; Ho proposed to send it to the Statutes -Revision Committee, to which Sir Joseph Ward objected.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 October 1913, Page 5
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315PARLIAMENT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 October 1913, Page 5
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