I wish to inform honourable senators that the Governor-General will be pleased to receive Mr President and such honourable senators as desire to accompany him in the Members Hall immediately.

Honourable senators, I invite you to accompany me to the Members Hall, where I shall present myself to His Excellency the Governor-General as the choice of the Senate to be its President.

Sitting suspended from 14:25 to 15:00

The President and honourable senators proceeded to the Members Hall and having returned—