EARLIER CALL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 December 1941, Page 4

EARLIER CALL

PARLIAMENT TO MEET TOMORROW TWO-DAY SITTING EXPECTED. SECRET & OPEN SESSIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The special session of Parliament to discuss the emergency created by the extension of the war to the Pacific is now to open tomorrow afternoon, instead of next week as originally intended. The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, announced at the conclusion of a meeting of the War Cabinet yesterday morning that the situation had been reviewed since the previous night, and that it had now been decided that Parliament should meet tomorrow. He said it would be necessary to' have a formal opening by the Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, because it would be the beginning of a new session, the fourth of the present Parliament. After the formal opening ceremony members of the House of Representatives Avill pay their tributes of respect to legislators and former legislators who have died since Parliament was last in session. These include Lieu-tenant-Colonel J. M. Allen, Nationalist member foi- Hauraki, and Lieutenant A. G. Hultquist, Government member for Bay of Plenty, both of whom have died in their country's service in the Middle East, and Mr T. D. Burnett, Nationalist member for Temuka. FoL lowing the tributes the House will adjourn as a mark of respect till the evening, when members will meet again to consider the Avar situation. Asked whether the discussion would be taken in secret session, Mr Fraser said that part would be in open session and part in secret session, but whether the secret session would be held on Thursday night or on Friday had not yet been determined. He added that he did not expect that it would be necessary for Parliament to sit beyond Friday.