OBSTRUCTION JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1914, 24 November 1913, Page 5

OBSTRUCTION JOTTINGS.

POINTS FROM THE "SPEECHES." Although ilio alleged "Spwehes" made iit Itia Uouso of UoprcfientutivnS on Saturday in iho obstruction dobato were as dim as they woll cm;ld .bo., an : occasional remark ras made which had. a certain amount of point, Somo of these arts Riven below: Mr, G. Witty; "Tiiero jj \voahlesß of. .

. "■ t •*" » body mid there is weakness of into!, leet." (Laughter.) Mr. j, I'riyne; ", . , in this ine'ffqcc tiiul, useless method of wasting iho country's lime. . ." .I- -, ■ Mr, Payne (later): "As a good Labour man 1 would rothor work in Parlioinont all (lie year round than work in the spasnodic and idiotic way wo do in this House." Mr. J. 0. Thomson objected to Parliament sitting on Saturday because it' was St. Cecilia's Day. Ho proposed to give a history of tho point,, hut was blocked oil ii point of ofdor. One mouilicr suggested that the Houso bad fnoro to do .with sinners than with samis. '/I have, as they vav, a few lucks still loft in iijcr,_btit I feel that my kicks ■are getting painfully weak."--sion by Mr. 6. W, ljussell in admitting to approaching tlireo-scbro years. Mr. Glover: "Wo have been hero like ' Ixion at bis wheel, .and I, for one, (Inscribing i.lio sanio weary circle. , i J' Dr. Rangihiroa: "It is a waste of energy and a waste of the country's money."Mr. A, IT. 'Jlindniar.Eh denied, with some warmth, that ho, Ij'ad been /''blow- 1 • inp hot' itiid cold." ' 'May I point out,'* said tho Chairman (Mir. Mal'col.ni), '■'that your temperature is not before, the Cow-'' mittee?" i Mr. P. C. Welib (to Mr. J. C. Thornson, speaking in..the obstruction de-,. bat-o)! "This.is 'dtmet Jietion:!, you. aio iudu'lgSitg in now." Mr. A. IS. Glover (to a colleague labouring hard to "furnish reasons'') t' ''Tiro whole vocabulary is gone!"