POLITICAL LIFE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1957, 13 December 1906, Page 3

POLITICAL LIFE.

Tho lighter side of political lil'o was lealt with by Mr -UcNab at a complimen-

tary supper tendered to him after his address at Hamilton. Ho said it had been brought home to them how times woro changing, for in tho Parliament of tho country wo find a large proportion of New Zealand born. The Ministry had throe native-born members—Dr tindlay (tho new Attorney-General), Mr Carroll and himself. Mr J. A. Miliar was born in

India, while Sir Joseph Ward was a Victorian. So half our Ministers were born outside the British Isles. Caution would surely be the dominant feature of the House of Representatives, lor a very large majority were Scotch either by birth ik desotns. Political hfo ored ni3oy

f.iendships; if ibero was a popular opinion ibat it caused p-tsonal hostility amoog paiuioal opponent, is was a falsa one. Mmisietial work imposed a geens physical strain, and tho colony would soon have to seriously consider this. There wa«, however, a glamour and a fascination üboat the life that made it impossible to relinquish it unless one’s constituents forosd on another opinion. He did not know whether tho diffioalty would be overcome by the appointment of more Ministers, or whether Ministers would have to curtail the time given to meeting the public oi tbo colony. »