SPEECHES BY "DUMB DOGS."
INTERESTING FIGURES. When the Prime Minister characterised the Wellington members, as dumb dogs last week he was apparently speaking without the book. Since the Prime Minister made his remarks Mr. ■D. M'Laren, member for Wellington East, has been poring over Hansard for t.ho' purpose of seeing how local mombers. compaYed with the representatives; of other centres as regards the number ot speeches made. As a result of his. investigations, Mr. M'Laren has produced tho following figures f'/i Mm period Juno 10, 1909, to July 22,•: 1910, which show that (excluding speeches by Ministers) the Wellington and . Chr'istchurch',members have done most of the debating. Wellington: F." M. B. Fisher, 61 speeches; A. L. Herdinau, 54; J. P. Luke, 51;' D. M'Laren; 70; It. A. Wright, CO; total, 29G.
••■ Christchureh: T. H. Davey, '41 speeches; H. G. Ell, 50; T. E. Taylor, 83; G. Witty, 61; G. W. Russell, 61;-total,. 296. Auckland: F. E. Baunus 'dea-HSWI) and' A. Myers, 32 speeches; A. E. Glover, 89; C. H. Poole, 59; F. W. Lang, 36; F. Lawry, 8; total, 174.. -.'; '■' Dunedin: J. F. A mold, 35 speeches'; T. E. Sidey, 24 : ; G. M. Thomson; 26; E. H. Clark, 26; total, 111. ','
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 920, 13 September 1910, Page 4
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201SPEECHES BY "DUMB DOGS." Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 920, 13 September 1910, Page 4
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