MAORIS LIQUOR TELEGRAM

Chronicle (Levin), 5 July 1947, Page 5

MAORIS LIQUOR TELEGRAM

POINT OF ORDEFt RAISED IN PARLIAMENT WELLINGTON , July 4. Oue niore niaiden speech was hean. m the llouse of Representatives thi. aft-ernoon when the Address-iu-Repl} debate Avas continued. Mr. Gorbett askej- where was honou. in the House . ajrd.^o.vernuient when thi pledges it had rnade to the Waikato coahuine owners Were not kept. Thert. *vas mention of eonserving' the nation': eoal resources in the Speech from tlu fhrone but every winter wTe had a gooc. example of " conservation " when thi p-eople found they were unable to pui ehase supplies. Mr. McLagan: We are onlv producin,. a million tons a year more than uude .he last Governmfent, that 's' all. Mr. Gorbett wrent on to say tlia'w uever in the history of this country Wa there greater n-eed for soine realisti. approach to the prob'le'm of shortages, particularly those shortages which ali'ected wellbeing oi children. Mr. Hudson, who was making lii? maiden speech, praised the outstanding work don-e in the rehabilitation of re lurned servicemen, especially those wh.. sulfered disablement and had beei. assisted through disabled servicemen 'b .raining ceuti'es. He related the case of Bill l^lack, o. Christchurch, who lost the sight of bot.. nis eyes and also lost hoth his'hands. Ordinarily a man with those gravq dis.aoilities would have been of no use in mdustry but he had been assisted by clie donstruction of a special loom to en able him to weave cloth and already hfe had made nearly 100 yards of cloth. The only assistance he required was wheu a thread broke and it had to he mended for him. This assistance was given b;v nis wife who had formerly been his • nurse. Mr. Hudson 's reference to the skil) and eourage of this disabled servieeman clrew warm commendation from both sides of the House. Liquor and Telegram. Mr. Roy, referring to the charge made by the Member for Wanganui that the National Party supplied liquor to persons in the Western Maori electorate during the geheral election, said the eharge was serious dnd drew from Mr H. Marumaru, National Party eandi date, a reply by telegram: ' ' Gotterill 't charge resented and without founda tion. Committee and myself not as sociated with such low taetics. " Mr. Roy said the Member for Wanga nui should have known that if what he alleged had taken plaee, this was not the time to bring it up and should have taken action before. Mr! Gotterill, at the conclusion of Mr. Roy's speech, raised a point of order and said the reading of the telegram frorii Mr. Marumaru by the Member for Glutha reflected on him (Cotterill) personaliy aird also on the proceedings oi the House.

Mr. Carr, who had taken the Speaker's chair while Mister Speaker was ab sent from the chamber, said he was not in the chair when the telegram was read but he had, hfeard it read and would saj that the procedure was out of order. Mr. Holland said the Member foi Glutha did not quote a telegram at aL but read a note. Government voices: Gopy of a tele gram. During further discussion Mister Speaker returiied to tlre Chamber and when the point of order was referred to him, he said he was sorry he had not drawn the' attention of the Menrbei for Clntha to the breach at the time lie (Mr. Roy) Was epeaking. Mr. Fraser said that the reading of

the telegram was out of order and~Mis ter Speaker should exereise his authority and expunge the'record from Han sard. He said he did not know ahjfthing .about the charge at all and woulfl make no comment. Mister Speaker, after a little further discussion, ruled that the Member for Glutha was out of order for reading the telegram and that the reeord of the message could not appear in Hansard. The House ,adjpurned at 5.80 p.m. til) 2.30 p.m. Tuesday.