A PARLIAMENTARY IDYLL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 955, 24 October 1910, Page 6

A PARLIAMENTARY IDYLL.

;-; ■ ,rwiS.^::iMPEETiNENT.r V ' ] "M ) A.-; strikingjjillustratidh;;of^th\ ; :,;oom>|; : teous. exchanges;, r which';vtake ;."place--:;"i)e|' tween .m'einbsr's of Patliamenfi f and/which are handed..lb£-;tb -posterity in- the:;vqljt ; minou's pages;'of ,'Hansard, ;runsVasi^un-. : The' Eight; Hon. Sir''J;' : G.--Ward(yaWhi.; in)-Oh!,. -- ■:• 'J A - .'■■ Mr' Fisher:; "That: was; very; polite;:of., the right: honourable.'-gefitleman.'K:'.'';." : The Eight:Hoh>Sir,J; am ; allowed' to yawn ; ; with6ut-'cpnsulting-;youi-, surely!. Tt : is;a piece of;,impertin'ehce.'''.- : Mr. Fisher':".."That wasiwhat;rthought it was."f ; •'";-:' - : --'u.v:';; r :,::. i ;'iy:- : : i :-; ; A->:- - ;The' EightsHon; Sir On ybuJApart.". ;..';■; . ; ::..;:.- :^ ;--•;::.;,,-:.;::;-;: •'.■ Mr.-.'-Speaker :; ; ,Order,! -vThese % interjeivf iiohs are-very unseemlyiv'\;- : ;:;;:',.v;;;" Mr.* Allen (Brnc'e) rose, tb.'a'' point;..* bf : order. Was-it in order;:for'.a;membe'r to;: use the word >"impertinence" f-.-He'.-oall-ed ' Mr. - Speaker's ■ attention >' to"; rulings"' given '.in'-. "Parliamentary v ; Procediire,',',. page. 120: "Unparliamentary ;;wo.rds,.;' In-. dex: of, Impertinence." V:; , - r": '.:.-.. .--/ ■Mr. Speaker: .1 .think' the' word ~.mada use; of. by. the Prime. Minister "-is "certainly unparliamentary, and I 'ain i sure":-he. will withdraw it; but ;I think; tho: remark made by the honourable-member; for Wellington Central in debate.caused .the' Prirao Minister .to; use; it '-:.without : thought, ' '■--,',''-,-: : .'- , ;''..;V':', :''■:.>::'■;;;'-;'-A''";; The Eight Hon. Sir- J.;G.,Ward saidhe would withdraw the word... He.ithought,; however, when a member yawned—whioh, was a perfectly, natural ,thing-to amember on; the other.side made tin'offensive ■ remark ; about:;it,. .at.';.least::-: he, ought to withdraw: the -offensive 'eSpres-f sion he' usecl, which; called: for ;a : : -re--; .-joinder.■.■■:'■■";.'■"''■■'■■>"•'..-'."■-.'■'-.;:-'U;-'-v.*. " : ' .. Mr;''.; Fisher'- said',he;.'would: not fiiind. .;withdrawing, his .remark if the ', ; .-Prime : Minister'.'/wouldi withdraw -the : yawn,, which had;become: quite v a- habit of the Prime'■., Ministers.;.; : ;He, • did; not think. it ; was a polite form of.interruption.:;