The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1910. AN INVIDIOUS CHANGE

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 April 1910, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1910. AN INVIDIOUS CHANGE

Tiik decision to incite Mr Fisher. M.P., to op,mi Hit' Levin Flower Show w;>s made, we are assured, .simply with a desire to lend variety to the opening proceedings. That assurance we accept, nor have we iiny desire, to question its geiiiiinoui'ss. lor 1 we honestly believe tin , choice was made without consideration of what its effects would he. There is an uiiwritieii law amongst Parliamentarians and those who fail to observe it belong to the party which for a session or tw) sat under its own hat-thai: no member shall participate in a function in another member's electorate except when the latter member's absence is unavoidable, or when the member for the electorate also is present. In the caso of the. Levin Flower Show, the member for the district (Air W. 11. Field) was not asked to perform the opening ceremony, though it ought to have UetMi clear to overyone that he willingly would have done so. Presence at local functions, in fact one of the real duties of a Parliamentary representative, which so mo members escape from) has bean one of Mr Field's strong points, and he well might have been given the option of officiating on the present occasion, it seems to us. Failing Air Field, the Mayoress was a fitting person to have approached. And the. importation of Mr Fisher, M.P., from Wellington, sets a had precedent. Next year, if this practice extends, we might see the Horowhenua Agricultural and Pastoral Society getting Air Frank Lawry. M.P., down from Auckland, to make eulogies on its pig exhibits, or Air "Tommy" Taylor heing brought up from Clnistchurch to declare .the ,imnu.al race meeting of the Shannon Club well and truly opened. It is a poor compliment to this town and district that its flower .show executive should have gone to Wellington to get a'li "official opener" for our flower show; but although the mistake has been have no hesitation in expressing our opinion that tho importation of Mr Fisher "is" a mistake—the public of this town should resolve >to make

tho bust (if the situation, and strive in uinison to assist the Society's executive. There .should he no l>iclvon'iig.s in coiinection with so desirable, a "hobby" as horticulture, mid no matter what may be the persoiiijil feelings of any citizen in regard to t!ie vexed <|ue-stion, it is to lie hoped that one. and all will strive to make the show a complete .success. If there an; to he any "heart to heart talks" on the mutter of the alleged "indiscretion," those talks may be postponed .advantageously, uintil tho annual meeting of (he Society. For ourselves, we would he loth to think there, are th: l sinister motives behind the liilest appointment which .some townspeople Imve spoken (if, and woidd much prefer to believe the proferred explanation that the Society oin.-'iiils thought <a cba.nge might be made advantageously.