THE CASE OF MOSES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1503, 11 July 1905, Page 2

THE CASE OF MOSES.

A LAWMAKER AND A LAW-2*-’ - ; BREAKER, ' ; H-JUSE FRITTERING AWAY. TIME

<• I want,” said Sir W, J. Steward, i” the House, “ to say a few words about a man named Moses.” (Laughter.) It was no wonder, he added, that hen. members 1 laughed. The parents of Moses—(more laughter)—resided in his distriot before his appointment to the police., The young man had been in South Africa with one of tL\e contingents. Subsequently he entered the" Permanent Force in Wellington. Ho (Sir William) had obtained for him a form of application for appointment to the police force, and may have filled in the form for him. AH that ho (Sir William) had heard of the man was to his credit, and ho had with him a certificate of character from a clergy, man. He (Sir William) thought that was sufficiently good. (Hon. Members : “No.") Moses applied for a billet in due course, but no notice being taken of the application Sir William Steward wrote again, asking that Moses should have a fair chance with other applicants. It appeared that some years before, when Moses was 13 and 17, respectively, he had got into, soma trouble. He (Sir William) did not know of that Mr Massey, who referred snbseqnently to the case of Moses, said that these cases formed an ergument in favor of the setting up of a Civil Servioe Board. • Mr Flatman (Government Whip): Moses had a testimoinal from a minister. - Mr Massey : So muoh the worse for the minister. (Laughter.) Mr Flatman: I mean from a clergy, man. (Renewed laughter) Mr Maßsey then referred to an alleged similar case, which he had been told had occurred in the district of Mr Flatman. , Members :“Oh! Oh 1” . . Mr Flatman: It was flatly contradicted.

Mr Massey: No doubt if , you contrs- ) dieted it it was “flatly” contradicted. (Loud laughtor.) Blr Fiatman: It .was contradicted by the Commissioner «SSj|£l:ce. ~ Mr Wilford.: It is Muses wo a-e talkin'* about, keep your “ Aaron.” (Shouts of laughter.) Blr Soddon, whan ho made his reply, .humorously twitted the Opposition with lieing behind the times in having to drag IlTosos into the debate. Mr Jas. Allen : But that Moses wa3 a m aker of the law. Mr Seddon : And the present Moses is a 1 ireaker of it. (Laughter.) IHr Alison : The other Moses made the law and kept it.

M r Seddon : I am not so sore about that. (Laughter.) It took Moses 40 years to get? -out of the wilderness, and that is the p'Eosent position of the Opposition. The p resent Moses is in safe keeping. He is not an the bulrushes, and it will tak® more t ban Pharaoh’s daughter to get him out ot rhere he i 3. (Langhter.) By tilts time, the House was thoroughly couvuls.sd, and Mr Seddon and Mr Massey passed n q to exchange their ideas on other subjects.