FUNNY MR. ISITT.
A SPECIMEN OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY lIUMOUK. A rebuke was administered to the member for Christchurch' North in the House of Representatives last evening by Mr. W. If. D. Bell, member for Wellington Suburbs, Mr. Isitt had referred to the Hon. .F. XI. B. Fisher as the "Minister for Marines." Tho designation seemed to tickle his fancy, and he repeated it with frequency in one speech after another. Mr. Bell at length raised a point of order, asking the Chairman of Committer whether a member was entitled to twist the title of a Minister, and apply to him a name obviously intended to imply that be did not tell the truth. "I should not have thought tho matter worth noticing," said Mr. Bell, "but since the lion. mem. bor has seen fit to use it intentionnlly I should like to take the Chairman's rulin?." _ ' , Mr. Isili: I did not use it intentionally. (Government protests.) Tho Chairman ruled, that o member could not address another by an incorrect title. Mr. Isitt: I used the .woftl as a joke on tho first occasion. I didn't know I had used it on the second occasion. Finally he promised to speak of Mr. Fisher in futuro as the Minister for Customs.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1550, 20 September 1912, Page 4
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209FUNNY MR. ISITT. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1550, 20 September 1912, Page 4
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