✨ Governor-General's Speech
JUNE 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1699
My Advisers are satisfied that, if continued vigilance is exercised over expenditure, the grit and determination so characteristic of our people, combined with the many natural advantages of our Dominion, will enable it to emerge within a comparatively short time from financial difficulties which are inseparable from the aftermath of a great war.
Bills consolidating various Acts, especially those relating to harbours, the Public Trust Office, and stamp duties, will be submitted for your consideration.
You will also be asked to consider, among other legislative measures, amendments of the Land Act, the Mining Act and Coal-mines Act, the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, the Public Works Act, and the Native Land Act.
At the request of the Imperial Government, legislation will be introduced making provision for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments obtained in superior Courts within the Empire.
Legislation will also be introduced making provision for the establishment of what are known as agricultural or people’s banks. These institutions, which are primarily for the benefit of small agriculturists and artisans, operate by means of a system of co-operative credit, and have proved to be highly successful in several European countries, and also in Canada and the United States.
In view of the length of last session and the large amount of important legislation which was then passed, my Advisers are of opinion that this session should not be of more than average duration, thus permitting members to have a proper opportunity of visiting their constituencies before the date of the general election.
I commend all these matters to your earnest consideration, and pray that Divine Providence may so guide your deliberations that the result will be for the good of the Empire and of lasting benefit to the people of this Dominion.
By Authority: W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.
Price, 6d. [1195/6/22—9126
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NZ Gazette 1922, No 50
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NZ Gazette 1922, No 50
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Opening of the Fourth Session of the Twentieth Parliament
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- W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer