WAR PROPOSALS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 September 1939, Page 9

WAR PROPOSALS

OBLIGATIONS ACCEPTED BY NEW ZEALAND DETAILS TO BE SUBMITTED ON FRIDAY. YESTERDAY’S PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Parliament met yesterday after an adjournment of a week. The ActingPrime Minister (Mr Fraser) said the Government was not yet in a position to bring down its war proposals, but hoped and intended to do so on Friday next, when the House and the country would be informed of the obligations undertaken by New Zealand. The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Hamilton, who contended that the Opposition was within its rights in expecting that Mr Fraser would have made a fuller statement than he did, said that his party had no objection to a further adjournment if the Government required additional time to complete its emergency proposals. Mi’ Fraser replied that an adjournment would hinder rather than help the Government, and thpt the best way to maintain confidence was for Parliament to go on with its ordinary job. Three minor Bills were introduced during the afternoon. These provided for the registration and training of nursing aids, the incorporation of the Municipal Association, and the abolition of the compulsory purchase clause in the small farms legislation. A number of reports were also tabled, including the Public. Works Statement. Important amendments made to the Domestic Proceedings Bill by the Statutes Revision Commission were reported back to the House.' Two more Bills were introduced half-way through the evening sitting.' These were the Emergency Regulations Bill, a measure giving the Government wide and absolute powers of control over almost all phases of national life, and the Legal Aid Bill, which authorises the issue of regulations providing for legal aid to poor persons. The House rose at 10.30 p.m. till today.