RAPID PROGRESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1940, Page 5

RAPID PROGRESS

IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADJOURNMENT LIKELY TOMORROW. FOLLOWING ON PASSAGE OF FINANCE BILL. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Rapid progress was made by the House of Representatives yesterday, and at one stage it looked as if there would be insufficient business to keep members occupied beyond the afternoon sitting. The manner in which the House was overtaking the work available was commented upon by the Prime Minister, Mr Fraser. When the House rose at 9.25 p.m. till today four Bills had been passed. One of them, a Housing Amendment Bill, which extends the purposes for- which moneys in the Housing Account may be used, was introduced in the late afternoon and put through all stages at night.

The other Bills cleared from the Order Paper were the Local Legislation Bill, the Carriage by Air Bill, and the Wellington City Empowering and Amendment Bill. The Statutes Amendment Bill, the clauses of which have been considered by the appropriate select committees, will be dealt with today. The Finance Bill No 2 will probably be introduced at today's sitting and the Statutes Revision Committee will report back to the House on the Insurance Companies Bill introduced before the three-week recess. The present intention is to deal with the Finance Bill tomorrow, when it is expected that another adjournment of several weeks' duration will be taken.