A BREEZE IN PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 9

A BREEZE IN PARLIAMENT.

. - --V PBBSONAL ;MATTEEI3:' ; : -: - • -Some' warm, 'the",' floor of the 'House of'-'Ke-proseutatives ye.storday ai'ternooii: when!'. dav.'' petitioii. asking; lor , the , release' of- Waihi .strikers' .iiow 'iri . gaol. Was. beiDg-discussed.. As Mr. Robertion, Labr our niemixf' for' Otaki, was advocating the., release .of. the strikers, Mr. infer-, jected: Don't'you believe in upholding the ■law'?: :\'.:'-i;-:.; : 2 :■:. ■ V'"^.-. , .'-:'v■' ■■■'■■■ Mri.;!Payie ; ;, "Why didn't-: -you'.-vupliold-the law yourself when you ran attay frcni. ■your ship?"- A''little -later Mr. Payne 'said,, referring -to- Mr; Harri.s:--He- .\y'4s:' /hiding-from: , -.the police himself .for two, days..- .' ■ ■ -'■ ■.•■'•';,■■•-:■ . ■•• :■;.. ■ .. .•'.•■ Mr. Ho'bertspn. repeated the- letter re-; mark, with the addition that ho. did Hot, knowiwhethor it was true or:nOt. V ;•; Tho Prime Minister here appealed to Mri Speaker, reniarking that he tlid not ! know-whether this sort of thing-could 1» allowed to go oh. He had just heard two hon. 'menibers sny ,that tho member for Waitcmata had to hide fronv tho police for scvoraldays. - Mr. Payne:'lt.was n fact,-too! ■.'■•... Tho Speaker-said that he had nqtiheardthe expression used or he would 'at once have!called the hon. member-using it to order.-".' '.''-• . Mr.. Payne: I .withdraw i'c, , notwithstanding that it is true.' ' ;' - ; Mi , .. Robertson was allowed -by tho Speaker to explain what ho had said, The member for Grey Lynn, he; stated, had. interjected: "He himself, (mea;H;ug the member for!.Waitcmnta) had to hide froiii the police for tw<i days. ' He (Mr. RiibertEon) suid that ho did,not know wrether it was true or not. ■ The Speaker asked Mr. Eohortson to. withdraw the remark he had iijade, nnd tho member for Otaki did so. The Speaker then asked Mr. Robertson to -resume his seat whilohe dealt with , the inomber 'for Grey Lynn.. He called upon Mr. Psiyho to withdraw unreaerrodly his statement about the.:momber for Waitemata, • Mr. Payne: I must, under the rules of ■the House, withdraw it unreservedly, and I do—under tho rules of the House. v Mr. Harris was here permitted to leak* a statement. Ho said that he caine out to New Zealand in a -vessel, before tho mast. : In Napier -he , deserted from his ship. Ho had never hidden from the police, and had never been sought -byi the police. The insinuation made' by' the member for. Grfy Lynn was absolutely false. : ■ Ordered by tho Speaker to withdraw "false," Mr. Harris did so, antl substituted "absolutely. incorrect." ' 'Mr. Payno hene.asked leave to make a, personal explanation. He added that hs knew as a fact that Mr. Harris deserted his ship, and that'was a 'punishable 'offence. He also knew as an übsohite fnct that he (Mr. Harris) was hiding from the police fortwo days in Niipier. "Mombers: Orderl order! ■:-., ' ,Mr. Speaker v The hon- member has again used an unparliamentaty expression. Ho has virtually denied the statement madb by the hon. member for Waitemata, and when an hon. member makes a statement -regarding his own conduct, that statement must be accepted by other hon members. ' ■ Mr. Payue: I again, under the rules or •the House, withdraw that statement. Mr. Robertson was now allowed to contimi'e his speech about the situation at : Waihi. ■' ;

"That a' number of flame-arc lamps bo creeled nt Newtown Park," was one <> the recommendations of the Power Stations and Tramways Committee at last meeting of the City Council. It was stated that the expenditure in ciiiuicction with the matter would be soniething like .£l7O. Councillors- Cameron, Barber,and Shirtcliffe' objected to the recowmendation, and considered the money could be spent on' other works to mors advnn : tage, but after brief discission therwon)mendatioh was agreed -, to.*' . The- idea is to provide {acilities for the us« <-f the park in the evenings for sports, band cpnceits in the summer , tlrnc, and Us on. WHUK.TOU ARE KEPT AWAKE at. r.ißht with that troublesome Cc-ush, remember that it can be Speedily removed by Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery. Prico, Is. (Id. and 3s. per bottle. Obtainable overywhere."