SESSION OVER

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21206, 31 August 1940, Page 8

SESSION OVER

HOUSE ADJOURNS LITTLE BUSINESS REMAINS LOYALTY RE-AFFIRMED (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Friday After a session extending over six sitting days, the House of Representatives adjourned at 4.6 p.m. today until Tuesday, October 1, with the proviso that Parliament can be called together sooner should this course become necessary. Late hours were observed by the House on Thursday night, and the sitting which began that afternoon lasted until 2.20 o’clock this morning, consideration of the Statutes Amendment Bill taking more time than had been expected. The House met again at 10.30 a.m. today to deal with the Finance Bill No. 2 for which urgency was taken for all stages. Good progress was made with the Bill, which was passed. Before the adjournment was taken the House carried unanimously a resolution reaffirming New Zealand’s loyalty to the cause for which the British Commonwealth of Nations had taken up arms. Admiration was expressed for the indomitable courage of the people of Great Britain and the achievements of the men of the armed forces.

The expectation that when the House met again the sitting would be very brief was expressed by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. .P. Fraser, when moving the adjournment. There would, he said, be an Excess Profits Tax Bill and an amendment to the Shops and Offices Act containing clauses withdrawn from the Statutes Amendment Bill in the early hours of this morning, and which authorised the Arbitration Court to fix the opening and closing hours of shops. The Insurance Companies Bill, which was now before the Statutes Revision Committee, would be proceeded with. That was all the legislation he was aware of at the moment.

UNSWERVING DEVOTION PEACE BASED ON JUSTICE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FORCES (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Friday The loyal resolution was moved in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, and seconded by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. A. Hamilton. Mr Fraser mentioned that the anniversary of the outbreak of war was on Tuesday. The text of the resolution is as follows: “That, on the occasion of the anniversary of the declaration of war against Nazi Germany, this House, in the name and on behalf of the people of New Zealand, records its firm and unswerving devotion to the cause of freedom, democracy and Christian civilisation, for which the British Commonwealth took up arms, and its inflexible resolution to do all that lies in its power, to the utmost limit of the Dominion’s resources, to contribute toward the decisive defeat of the enemy, the overthrow of Nazi and Fascist tyranny, and the establishment of a lasting peace based on justice to all the peoples concerned. “This House records its high admiration of the great and indomitable courage of the people of the United Kingdom in face of continuous attack, and of the fine achievements in many fields of action of the Navy, Army and Air Force, in the ranks of which many New Zealanders are serving with distinction.”