DISSOLUTION TALK.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1923, Page 3

DISSOLUTION TALK.

MR M’COMBS AND PREMIER. LIVELY DISCUSSION IN HOUSE. WELLINGTON, June 28. The dissolution questicn was raised in the House this afternoon when there wore signs of heat, teqitiiiug the strong hand of Air Speaker to repress it. The matter arose during the time when members may ask questions. Alt ~UCombs desiring to put one for immediate answer Air Speaker inquired. “To what dies it relate?”

.Mr AUC-inibs : A challenge (laughter). He "cut on: "hi view of the fact that the Prime .Minister's challenge of yesterday was immediately' accepted hy the Labour Party docs the Prime ALni-tcr intend to stick to his undertaking to immediately go l i the country in o;I o-iii-m to the eminently fair piopo-al I hat N 'hnic.- and "ag, s of ] tlldi.

servant- and wages of workers generally should be restored to the equivalent ol their pre-"ar standard, measured in purchasing power, or docs the Prime .Minister intend to back down ?” Air Massey: The prime Alini-Acr does not back down, and lie is not going to back down now to the so-called challenge front the leader of the Labour I’arty. Mr M’( V mb.- : Y, hi is-ited il. Air Mii.-m'.v : I called attention to the I. i that the way u ere drifting "e were coming light up agaiiisl a dissi lut ion. Mend ers : "()h ! (lit !" an l ini eri opt ion. Air Mas-cy I mo.-i a-k for your protcclioli. Mr Speaker. The Prime .Minister proceeded In do chi le l hat il he v. cut to the count ry lie won!,l not go at the pleasure ol Mr ib Hand or anyone else, but as Prime Minister. Il was not a throat, Iml ho fell licit they could not go on a- I boy won- doing. Air Forbes : Who is res| oii.-ibl,-Mr Massey : Those who tire blocking tlia business, and the honourable gentleman is one. Will'll il becomes lie-,'es-arv I "ill go about it in a constitutional "ay. I shall go to bis Excellency . call bis 111 t oil t ion lo the posit ion and a I lorn to give me a dissolution l-i u Ini'll. I think. I am propel iy onlii lod oil aocnilii ol lbe lan I hat we 11, I a to get on with busilic-. Mr Wi!fill'd : Yam art I ontillo.l lo I! . Mr Mn-sey : That i- for the Governor■i lonn al l,< -ay. There had keen so niiicli general in-t,-rrupt.;oii that Air Speaker railed the lim-o in order and oxnlaiuod that Ministers malting ministerial statements ue:e not ,'lllit!-.'d to introduce dihatablo matter, nor um-i ireinber.1:1 t heir .pi,-si ions do so. DRIFTING 1 NT! i T |’.( tl RI.K. Mr Mr. -oy lemarkeil licit in reply 10 sip 11 a qiiooion il was diiliolllt to avoid del atalile matter. and he was obliged to tic moniker for l.yilellon tor the upper! unity of -Iraightolling out v Iml had ho,ni -aid the day holer,’. 11, li:,d said "e were likely lo drift into t roil lib-, "ill, half a dozen ivalll-oF-oeiditlenoe ion-, a.id a pea rent ly to follow til, 111. Mr MVcinb- : Will yon. or will yni not > Mr Mas.-ey: I have <enaiii ro-pomi-t k .ility a- leader ol the lloii-o. and it is my duty to inf,uni member- ot lie t ippo.-ii ion iha t if i; becomes no e sarv and I bn|'c il "ill not. lb.it I "ill ask f,n a di.—■ Jut ion. ! iierc b'- 1 le ib-'olulion for tbirty-livc years, and milv ,ai,i that I can lenicndor in this House, and I want to av, id ii now. This is not the til I" the year to go to the country. Mr MTomh,-: llcm. hear. Not for you. M,- Mnfeey (hentcl !y) : I mu-t mil Iho atJell I ion ni the chair to the e 11maniierly interruptions of the n ciid cr for Eyttclion. Thai is tiie sort of thing v. kieli cau-c- trouble in this Iloii-e. The Prime Mini-i, r cetinnued that 11 would : simple folly lo go in the eouuirv in '.lute:'. 1, could bo a’oodod |,V a c,"t lain amount ol di- rot ion on lit,' part of members, who bad been deoiipviug -a iiiicb time w'lh waul "[ eonlidoiice non ion-. Mr Holland iai-e-l a poicl <f order I hat tlie Pi icie .Minister "as ini r0,111,-ing , 111, -ing n I'ereiices m oilier del.ates. and re,oil, led Mr .We.-.-ey that lie bad boon a-ked wlielbor lie "ouM • r would not take a cert ain cur- '. Mr Speaker: The Prune .Mini-tor i,.,,titi, din give Ids reply. I lit he i- not ellt itled to go as far a- ho has gone ill lelerriiig to "hit lia- taken p.ao,in this lieu-'. A- a matter of Let I alni,i-l felt ill, lined l>> rule the question it-olf out of order. Mr Mas-'ey: It i- an awkward question to answer and intenl initially so. (l.aughterl. lie remind,',l members that they "Dill,l have a lurtlicr ol*port unity to (lisviiss griev.mces on the lil,aimed dehat,•. Ihe silgge-tico "as n,at. the leader oi tile Soeialistie ball,mr Party intend'd to go to ihe tr\ a- Prime A! i ,l istef. Mr Holland: That is 1 1 <' L - Air Massey: lb- said it half ■ <lozen times, lie asked me to go to the Governor-General and resign. I do not stand for that sort- of thing.

Mr Wilford asked the Speaker to rule that the Prime Alinisier was will ully dcfyiiig the Speaker's ruling.

Mr Speaker: I think the Prime Minister is mu t f order, and that the loader of tlm Opposition is also out ~f order in his suggestion of will til dolia,,-,.; which is a veilection on the chair. The Prime Minister has sttfii- , ~.iitlv replleil to tlm (|iiestioil. tnul he must reserve I'm tiler remarks until the debate lot- resumed.

\U- ]\fns-o\ : I am (plite sitlislied