Queensland

Parliamentary Debates [Hansard]

Legislative Assembly

TUESDAY, 5 AUGUST 1947

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Queensland Parliamentary Debates·

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FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT

Appointed to meet AT BRISBANE ON THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE ELEVENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI., IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1947.

TUESDAY, 5 AUGUST, 1947. RETURN' OF WRITS. The Clerk informed the House that the writs for the various Blectoral districts had OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. been returned to him severally endorsed as Pursuant to the proclamation by His follows:- Excellency the Governor, dated 3 July, 1947, Albert-Thomas Flood Plunkett. appointing Parliament to meet this day for Aubigny-Walter Beresford James the dispatch of business, the House met at Gordon Sparkes. 12 o'clock noon in the Legislative Assembly Barcoo-Edward William Davis. Chamber. Baroona-William Power. The Clerk of the Parliament read the Bowen-Frederick Woolnough Paterson. proclamation. Bremer-J ames Donald. Brisbane-John Henry Mann. COi\L'viiSSION TO OPEN PARLIA"''I:EXT. Bulimba-George Henry Marriott. Bundaberg-J ohn Francis Barnes. 'l'he Clerk acquainted the House that His Buranda-Richard Kidston Brown. Excellency the Governor, not being able con­ veniently to be present in person this day, Cairns-Thomas Martin Crowley. Carnarvon-Paul J erome Remigius had been pleased to cause a commission to be issued under the public seal of the State, Hilton. appointing the Hon. Edward Michael Hanlon, Carpentaria-Alfred J ames Smith. the Hon. Vincent Clair Gair, and the Hon. Charters Towers-Arthur J ones. IIarold Henry Collins Commissioners in order Cook-Harold Henry Collins. to the opening and holding of the present Cooroora-David Alan Low. session of Parliament. Cunningham-Malcolm Mclntyre. Dalby-Charles Wilfred Russell. The Commissioners so appointed being East Toowoomba-Gordon William seated on the dais, and the Clerk having W esley Chalk. Tead the commission, Enoggera-Kenneth J ames Morris. The SENIOR COMMISSIONER (Hon. Fassifern-Adolf Gustav Mi.iller. F. M. Hanlon, Ithaca) said: Hon. members, Fitzroy-James Clark. we tave it in command from His Excellency Fortitude Valley-Sam uel John the Governor to let you know-That as soon Brassington. :as the members of the Legislative Assembly Gregory-George Henry Devries. have been sworn. the causes of this Parlia­ Gympie-Thomas Dunstan. ment being calle·d together will be declared Hamilton-Harold Bourne Taylor. to you: And, it being necessary that a Herbert-Stephen Theodore. Speaker be first chosen, it is His Excellency's Ipswich-David Alexander Gledson. pleasure that you proceed to the election of Isis-William Alfred Brand. one of your number to be your Speaker, Ithaca-Edward Michael Hanlon. and that you present such person so chosen Kelvin Grove-J ohn Albert Turner. to His Excellency the Governor at such time Kennedy-Cecil George Jesson. and place as His Excellency shall appoint. Keppel-W alter Charles Ingram. . T~e Premier thereupon produced a com­ Kurilpa-Patrick Kerry Copley . missiOn under th~ public seal of the State Logan-Thomas Alfred Hiley. empowering him, the Hon. Vincent Clair Gair; Mackay-Frederick Dickson Graham. and the Hon. Harold HBnry Collins or any Maranoa-John Russell Taylor. onB of them, to administer to all or any Maree--Louis Wells Luckins. members or member of the House the Maryborough-David Farrell. oath or affirmation of allegiance to His Merthyr-William Matthew Moore. Majesty the King, which commis!lion was then Mirani-Ernest Evans. read to the House by the Clerk. Mundingburra-Thomas Aikens. 1947-B 2 Members Sworn. [ASSEMBLY.] Election of Speaker.

::\furrumba-George Francis Reuben Farrell, David, Esquire. Nicklin. Graham, Frederick Dickson, Esquire. N anango-J ohannes B jelke-Petersen. Gunn, William Morrison, Esquire. Normanby-Thomas Andrew Foley. Heading, J ames Alfred, Esquire. Nundah-Frank Edward Roberts. Hiley, Thoma• Alfred, Esquire. Oxley-Thomas Caldwell Kerr. Hilton, Paul Jerome Remigius, Esquire. Port Curtis-James Burrows. Ingram, Waiter Charles, Esquire. Rockhampton-James Larcombe. J esson, Cecil George, Esquire. Sandgate-Eric Paul Decker. Kerr, Thomas Caldwell, Esquire. South Brisbane-Vincent Clair Gair. Low, David Alan, Esquire. Stanley-Duncan Macdonald. Luckins, Louis Wells, Esquire. The Tableland-Henry Adam Bruce. Macdonald, Duncan, Esquire. Toowong-Charles Gray Wanstall. Madsen, Otto Ottosen, Esquire. Toowoomba-John Edmund Duggan. Maher, Edmund Bede, Esquire. Townsville-George Keyatta. M ann, John Henry, Esquire. Wan·ego-Harry 0 'Shea. Marriott, Ge01·ge Henry, Esquire. W m·wick-Otto Ottosen Madsen. Mcintyre, Malcolm, Esquire. West Moreton-Edmund Bede Maher. Moore, William Matthew, Esquire. Wide Bay-James Alfred Heading. Morris, Kenneth James, Esquire. Windsor-Bruce Pie. Miiller, Adolf Gustav, Esquire. Wynnum-William Morrison Gunn. Nicklin, George Francis Reuben, Esquire. 0 'Shea, Harry, Esquire. The· CLERK: I !1ave also to inform the Paterson, Frederick W oolnough, Esquire. House that an Order in Council was issued Pie, Bruce, Esquire. on 24 July, 1947, validating the election for Plunkett, Thomas Flood, Esquire. the electoral districts of Carpentaria, Cook, Roberts, Frank Edward, Esquire. Gregory and W arrego: Russell, Charles Wilfred, Esquire. (a) notwithstanding that the poll was Smith, Alfred J ames, Esquire. not taken at certain polling places in the Taylor, Harold Bourne, Esquire. electoral districts of Cook and Gregory Taylor, John Russell, Esquire. until 2 June, 1947, and 24 May, 1947, Theodore, Stephen, Esquire. respectively; Turner, John Albert, Esquire. Wanstall, Charles Gray, Esquire. (b) notwithstanding that the receipt of ballot boxes from polling places in the ELECTION OF SPEAKER. electoral districts of Carpentaria and Warrego was delayed beyond the 30 May, l\Ir. DUXSTAX (Gympie) (12.22 p.m.): 1947; :\fr. Dickson, I move, and fully appreciate th6 privilege of moving- (c) notwithstanding that the writs for the said electoral districts were not '' That M1· Samuel John Brassington, returned on the due date, and extending do take the Chair of the House as the time for the return of the writs as Spraker.'' follows:- For that high and honourable position he has the credentials and qualifications of experi­ narpentaria and Warrego to 13 June, ence, ability and impartiality. He has had 1947, and Cook and Gregory to 27 June, experience as member of Parliament and as 1947. Speaker of the House. He came into this House as member for Balonne in 1927, and ME~fBERS SWORN. represented that electorate for approximately The Commissioners, who, with other five years. After the electoral redistribution members of the Ministry, had been sworn in of 1932 he was returned at a by-election in before His Excellency the Governor on 1933 as member for Fortitude Valley, which 31 July, and 4 August, 1947, and subscribed he still represents. He held the position of the roll, then administered the oath or affirma­ Chairman of Committees for two years, and tion of allegiance to the following other was elected Spraker of the House in 1944. members, who thereupon also subscribed the Dming the three years of the State Parlia­ roll:- ment recently conclude_d, he fully justified Aikens, Thomas, Esquire. his appointment, whlch logically warrants this Barnes, John Francis, Esquire. nomination for his re-election to the Speaker­ Bjelke-Petersen, J ohannes, Esquire. ship. Brand, William Alfred, Esquire. As Ed1Yard Lummis, in his book entitled Brassington, The Hon. Samuel John. ''The Speaker's Chair,'' truly says- Brown, Richard Kidston, Esquire. '' The most important of a Speaker's Burrows, J ames, Esquire. dntics (and thev are many) lie in the Chalk, Gordon William Wesley, Esquire. Speaker's Chaii·. Courteous, prompt, Clark, James, Esquire. judicious, dignified, a Speaker ought to be; f'opley, Patrick Kerry, Esquire. impartial he must be.'' Crowley, Thomas Martin, Esquire. Mr. Brassington today can justly lay Davis, Edward William, Esquire. claim to these special qualifications which Decker, Eric Paul, Esquire. uefit and distinguish the high office of Speaker Devries, George Henry, Esquire. --experience, judgment, courtesy, wisdom and Donald, J ames, Esquire. ability. During his orcupancy of the chair he Dunstan, Thomas, Esquire. was firm, yet impartial; in the exercise of Eva.ns, Ernest, Esquire. authority, clothed with supreme powers, he Election of Speaker. [5 AUGUST.] Election of Speaker. 3

was fair and considerate, without being harsh ~Ir. DUNSTAN: I can only assume that or feeble; he aimed always at preserving in those times the words ' 'decorum and pres­ order and decorum in debate and maintaining tige of the House of Parliament'' were words the prestige of the House; his studious know­ of a foreign language compared with the ledge of the Standing Orders and Parlia­ present day. mentary practice gave weight to his We have moved also from the old-time _;udgments; and he competently provided for Speaker-nominees' reluctances and excuses. the amenities and social functions that add Mr. Brassington himself needs none of them. to the prestige of this House of Parliament. His stature is not small, he is well-spoken, his Incidental to the Speakership, and illustra­ voice is not low, his carriage is not of com­ tive of the changes that have taken place over mon fashion, nor is his nature soft and bash­ the centuries in the customs and practices of ful. As to whether his purs-e be thin or fat, Parliament, particularly the House of we know not; but to his courtesy and good Commons, I venture to relate a bit of history nature we can all subscribe. chronicled by Edward Lummis. It goes back So, for these reasons, Mr. Dickson, I con­ to the year 1597 and the reign of Queen fidently submit the nomination of Mr. Elizabeth, when the nomination of a Speaker Brassington to the good sense and favour of -as it had been for 200 years-was largely hon. members. In honouring him we shall at the instigation and command of the be honouring also ourselves and the long­ occupant of the throne. Then the duties of established traditions of the Speaker's chair, a Speaker were onerous, exacting and even which, I sincerely believe, he 1vill uphold in fearful, because any dereliction that offended this ensuing Parliament with the same pres­ the reigning monarch might easily entail tige and success that marked his previous relegation to the Tower and even to the term. htnds1nan 's axe. Go-re1·nment l\Iembers: Hear, hear! So there were occasions when the royally­ sponsored Speaker-nominee, with a pseudo­ :;\[r. UAVIS (Barcoo) (12.34 p.m.): I modesty born of trepidation, made petition to regard it as a great privilege to have the the King or Queen to be excused from eleva­ opportunity of seconding the motion now tion to the Chair, only to have his excuses befOTe the Chair and so ably moved by the regally denied. Sergeant Yelverton in 1597 hon. member for Gympie. I can add a little was one of such. Here is his petition of to what he has said. JYIY observations in this excuse to Queen Elizabeth- Chamber convince me that Mr. Brassington has forced upon most hon. members the '' He that supplieth this place ought to opinion that he is one who has the capacity be a man big and comely, stately and well­ to fill the important office of Speaker of the spoken, his voice great, his carriage Legislative Assembly in the State of Queens­ majestical, his nature haughty, and his land. purse plentiful and heavy. Contrarily the stature of my body is small, myself not so I say that because he has displayed to all well-spoken, my voice low, my carriage sections of political thought in this Chamber lawyer-like and of common fashion, my three of the finest qualities that a nominee nature soft and bashful, mv purse thin, for this exalted and honourable position should light and never plentiful.'' " possess-I am for the moment, of course, disregarding a pr01)er knowledge of parlia­ ~Ir. )[aher: Like the Chifiey era-all in mentary procedure, 'Which I put in a place by the same boat. itself. :IIr. UUNSTA:N: But this moving appeal, The first quality completely essential in a J\Ir. Dickson, was all to no avail. Yelverton Speaker for the welfare of Parliament is had to take the Chair, but at least his term :mpartiality. had the distinction of a House of Commons' agreenL'nt, ''That the Litany shall be read ~Ir. Brand: Hear, hear! every day, as in. the last Parliament, and also a prayer, smd by Mr. Speaker, as he Mr. DA VIS: Mr. Bra,sington has shown shall think fittest for this time, to be begun impartiality. Secondly, he has proved to most every day at half after eight a.m.'' The hon. members of this Chamber that he is prayer used by Mr. Speaker Yelverton is tolerant. Tolerance is something that must presened, and is a very beautiful piece of be admired by every section of our English, in which God is reverently besought community. It is something that if it were ''to expel darkness and vanity from our possible to imbue all individuals and the minds and partiality from our speech'"S,'' and nations of this world with, it would certainly to grant ''wisdom and integrity of heart.'' hring about a better world. vVell, Mr. Dickson, we have moved away Hon. Members: Hear, hear! somewhat from those times and petitions, and even from the recorded incident of 1881, Mr. DAVI§: Thirdly, Mr. Brassington when the Speaker closed a debate on his own possesses the quality of courtesy. He has responsibility and named, in order to suspen­ been courteous to all sections of this Chamber. sion, thirty-seven members of Parliament, Courtesy today, unfortunately, is in certain twenty-five of whom were suspended the quarters almost as rare as the famed and following year. ancient bird, the Phoenix. , Mr. Aikrtms: They must have had a I hope and trust, indeed I know, that in ''Bombshell'' Barnes in the House in those the session that lies ahead we shall all, for days. the benefit of all sections in this House, and 4 Election of Speaker. [ASSEMBLY.] Election of Speaker.

for the benefit of the people of Queensland, unanimous choice for the Chair proves that give due consideration to the respect that is you have carried out those responsibilities and due to the Chair. duties to their entire satisfaction. Hon. 11Iem1Jers: Hear, hear! I trust you will have a pleasant period of occupancy of the chair in the present Pm·lia­ llir. DA VIS: If it is necessary that we ment. I am sure the hon. members of this should have disagreements then let us have Chamber desire to help you in carrying out them in such a wav as will earn for this your duties. They want the business of the Parliament the respe~t that is due to it from Chamber carried on in good order, and they the people of this State. Unfortunately, in desire that it shall be respected by the people the past we have had those in this Chamber of the State; and that respect can be main­ who have not onlv taken a certain line of tained only while there are order in the House thought-which as individuals they are and decency of conduct. Your decisions have E-ntitled to do-but in endeavouring to rarely been challenged by an individual while impress that line of thought on others have you have been there, and I am sure no cause not exercised as they should the quality of will arise to challenge the honesty of any decision you may give in this Parliament. tolerance a~d show the respect for his high office to which the Speaker of this House is Speaking for myself-and I am sure I entitled. can speak on behalf of all hon. members of this Chamber-we hope to help you in the I trust that the Parliament that lies ahead onerous duties you perform in the coming :'l'il~ . give service to the people, not to Parliament, just as we hope the work of the mdividual ~embers of Parliament. I hope Parliament will be of value to the people of and trust, m fact I know, that the imparti­ this State. So we trust that as a result of ality, courtesy and tolerance that it has been our labours and co-operation between us at our privilege in the Parliament that is past the end of the present Parliament the reputa­ tu receive. at the hands of the Speaker, tion of this Chamber will have been Mr. Brassmgton, will again be ours in the enhanced. future. Hon. lU~mbers: Hear, hear! Hon. 11Iem1Jers: Hear, hear! :Jir. NICKLI~ (Murrumba-Leader of the Mr. BRASSINGTON: Hon members I Opposition) (12.43 p.m.): I join with the am deeply sensible of the very great hon~ur hon. the Premier in extending to you congratu­ proposed to be conferred on me here today. lations on your elevation to the high and If you elect me your Speaker I will in the honourable position of Speaker of this future as in the past endeavour to be reason­ Assembly. I think you fully appreciate the able and impartial, and fair to all hon. honour paid to you, not only by your own members. I submit myself to the pleasure of party which has put you forward as its the House. nominee but also by this Assembly, which has re-elected you to the position unanimously. Hon. Members: Hear, hear! It is an onerous one and carries high responsi­ The_re being no other nomination, ::\fr. bilities. As the hon. the Premier has said, Brassmgton was ca.lled to the Chair by the it is not an easy job; it entails a great deal Clerk, and conducted by the mover and of work on the part of the occupant and a great deal of study in order that he may se~onder t? the c?air. Speaking from the dais, he smd: I Wish to thank hon. members fit himself for carrying out the duties for again electing me to the position of attached to it. Speaker of this high and honourable institu­ The responsibilities of your position, IVlr. tion. ~t. is a great honour to have occupied Speaker, are great. Y on have the responsi­ the _positr~u of Speaker in this Assembly, and bility of maintaining the dignity and decorum agam I give my assurance that I will to the of this House and goveming its proceedings hest of my ability interpret the Standing impartially. You have also to maintain the Orders and do my duty fairly and faithfully great traditions of the British Parliament, by every hon. member in this Assembly. and I think it is the duty of every member of this House to do all he can to help you to Hon. Members: Hear, hear! do so. Hon. E. lU. HA:XLON (Ithaca-Premier) Hon. 3Iem1Jers: Hear, hear! (12.41 p.m.): Mr. Speaker, may I tender to you my very sincere congratulations on your Mr. NICKLIN: After listening to the ele,_a~ion to the very high and honourable Yery interesting discourse given by the hon. posit:on of Spea~er of this Assembly? Your member for Gympie, all I can say is that I unammous selectron bv members of this House hope you will not be as some past Speakers t~is morning is an assurance of the satisfac­ of Parliament have been-that you will not tion that memb~rs of the previous Parlia­ see the inside of Boggo Road and that vour ment have had With the manner in which vou head will still adhere to your shoulders at haye canied out your very difficult duties. the end of your three years of office. The office of Speaker is one that calls for (Laughter.) But that the worst that will a great. deal of patience and tact, and much happen to you will be that, possibly, the study; It demands also that its holder shall Rouse will disagree to one of your rulings. show impartiality and toleration to members I feel, Mr. Speaker, that as a result of the The ~act that the great bulk of the member~ three years' experience you have had as nf t~1s Chamber were members of the previous Speaker of this Assembly you will be able to Parliament, and have submitted you as their carry out your duties better than you have Election of Speaker. [5 AUGUST.] Election of Speaker. 5

done in the past. But I can say that in the ment elect a Speaker who could not be deposed main, as far as we on this side of the House nor opposed in his constituency and therefore :c~re concerned, you have carried out your be free from any risk of discrimination or duties fairly and impartially. In conclusion, injustice to any section of the House. I may I repeat that we all are responsible, not think the House of Commons sets a very high only to you but to this Assembly, for helping standaru in that respect. A Speaker is you in your duties and endeavouring to elected, and even though he might belong maintain decorum in this Chamber? On to a party group opposed to that in power, he behalf of my party I again congratulate you. continues in office and he is not opposed in his constituency. Thus he is free to be impar­ :nr. PH~ (Windsor) (12.46 p.m.): On tial and just and is outside any influence behalf of my colleagues, I desire to join with that might be directed at him or imposed the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition upon him by the Party to which he belongs. in congratulating you, Mr. Brassington, on We may not have the numbers they have in your appointment as Speaker of this 31st the House of Commons to give effect to such Parliament of Queensland. I assure you that a policy as that, but nevertheless I appreciate my colleagues and I will do everything in our your fairness in the past and I am sure that power to help you in your efforts to carry out you will continue to exercise the same impar­ the duties, including the exercise of tolerance, tiality in the House during the coming Parlia­ fairness and impartiality, of the very high ment. I wish you well. office of Speaker of this Parliament within ltir. SPEAKER (Hon. S. J. Brassington, our great British democracy. Fortitude Valley) (12.52 p.m.): Hon. mem­ lUr. "fifAHER (West Moreton) (12.47 bers, I wish to thank the hon members for p.m.) : I take this opportunity of congratu· Gympie and Bm·coo for their courtesy and 1ating you, Mr. Brassington, on your kindness in moving and seconding my nomina­ reappointment as Speaker of the Legislative tion as Speaker of the House today. I also Assembly of Queensland. My mind harks wish to thank you, Mr. Premier, you, Mr. back to 1927, when I had the opportunity of J~eader of the Opposition, you, Mr. Deputy contesting the former Balonne electorate Leader of the Opposition, you, the hon. mem­ against you-and although you were elected ber for Windsor, and hon. members for your I cannot help recalling the fact that I ran kindly expressions of good will, and I :cepeat you a very close finish in an electorate that thr. t I will do my best to carry out my duties had been a Labour stronghold, that I got in the very best traditions of my high office. to within 540 votes of you. You represented With all thinking people of today, I am that part of the State for a number of years, aware that in these troubled and difficult but because of certain readjustments you times our system of parliamentary govern­ ceased to do so and have since been returned ment is being challenged, but I have con­ to Parliament as the member for Fortitude fidence that this institution, which has func­ Valley and have risen to the high ofiice of tioned successfully down through the cen­ Speaker in this Parliament. I feel that turies will continue so to function, for the owing to your upbringing in the environment good of the people in the future. It will do of Western Queensland you could not help so because it is based upon ancient practice, being other than fair and just in your conduct long experience and, above all, wise prin­ of the House. I believe that during the ciples. period you have occupied the Chair you have Hon. ~Iemb~rs: Hear, hear! done your utmost as far as lay in your power to give everyone his due. I do not wish to }lifr. SPEAKER: The Parliament in which take anything from you on that count: I we have the honour of sitting today is our think you have done your best to act justly responsibility, anu it behoves us all to do and with impartiality in all your dealings our best to maintain its prestige, make its with the different party groups in this working more effective and strengthen it as Assembly. far as possible in the eyes of the people of this State. I know that I shall have from all Having been re-elected to the Chair I hope hon. members the co-operation, courtesy and you will continue to dispense to every member nelp that I had during the last three years. I of this Assembly, a fair deal. After all, that promise you in return those same things. 1 is the object of our democratic Parliament, shall endeavour to co-operate with you a~ to see that every section of the House, not far as possible in fulfilling the purpose of only those in Government but also those in my position so that this Parliament may be Opposition and the Independent groups, have what it should be-very fruitful in the fair and equal opportunity to express them· interests of our people and our State. selves and be heard on behalf of their constituents. Of course, in the stress of Hon. }Iembers: Hear, hear! politirs, Speakers have not altogether adhered lUr. SPEAI\ER: I might define the to that ideal but during the past year or so we position of Speaker very clearly if I refer to have been very fortunate in that respect, and the remarks made by one great Speaker of the I feel sure you will continue the policy of House of Commons who, when accosted on a fiving a fair deal to every member in this memorable occasion by the King of his day, Parliament, to enable him to express his point declared- of view and represent his constituency. '' I have neither eyes to see nor tongue I often feel that we could, with good to speak in this place, but as the House is effect, adopt the system that obtains in the pleased to direct me, whose servant I am, House of Commons and by party arrange- and I humbly beg Your Majesty's pardon Governor's Opening Speech. 6 Presentation of Mr. Speaker. [ASSEMBLY.]

that I cannot give any other answer than this to what Your Majesty is pleased to demand of me.'' I think that declaration, given centuries ago,. still sums up the position of Speaker of any Legislative Assembly. Hon. lUembers: Hear, heart

~rr. SPEAKER: I should like to say, too, that one of the foundations on which Parliament rests is the fact that the great privileges we enjoy in Parliament have been won after centuries of effort. So long as we can maintain those privileges in this Parliament all will be well, but if we mistake privilege for licence and go outside the bounds of privilege we shall be doing this institution harm indeed. All I can say, hon. members, is that I for one will stand firm, and allow nobody to substitute for privilege something that mu~t never take its place. I thank you once again for the honour you have conferred upon me. I will do my best to carry out the duties you have imposed upon me today.

PRESENTATION OF MR. SPEAKER. Hon. E. M. HANLON (Ithaca-Premier): I have to inform hon. members that His Excellency the Governor will be pleased to receive the House for the purpose of the presentation of Mr. Speaker to His Excellency at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. f'IPEAKER: I desire to inform the House that at 2.15 p.m. today I shall leave for Government House, there to present myself to His Excellency the Governor as the member chosen to fill the high and honourable office of Speaker, and I invite such hon. members as care to do so to accompany me.

SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT. Hon. E. lU. HANLON (Itllaca-Premier): I move- '' That the House, at its rising, do adjourn until 11.57 a.m. tomorrow.'' Motion agreed to. The House adjourned at 12.58 p.m.