PARLIAMENTARY AMENITIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1403, 10 November 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY AMENITIES.

The following extract is from a Sydney Morning Herald report of a recent debate in the Legislative Assembly ; Mr Neild added that be had not spoken in the hooae for a considerable time, bat whenever he did he was met with the most un-eeml> interruption from Minis* ters.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Bon members might iacgh like any other j >ckasses on the trees at early morning, bat they were not going to laugh him down —An hon member ;It is daylight n>w ; twenty minnles to six, and time that ail good jackasses went home to bed. (Laughter.)—Mr Shepherd thought that the words must he highly out of order. — (Loud laughter.) The Minister had copied them, and it was simply disgraceful that important business should be transacted at ghost-like and unearthly hours, when halt of the few members who took the trouble to remain in the Chamber were snoring like pigs in their seats, and while the Ministers were In their own private room drinking and “ shouting” champagne right and left.— (Disorder.)— Mr Neiid contended that the whole action hai been pitiable, an abominable, and a despicable way of using mere numerical strength for the purpose of humbling an exalted, famous, and dangerous opponent-—(bear, hear) — an attempt to hnmble the only man *ho was capable of dealing prjperly with the flimsy rag of a Government which was now in power. Was it anything to crow over, to try to crcsh a political opponent whose bools the laughing, giggling, idiotic honorable “ gnmmera” on the Govern* meat benches were not fit to blacken, .4