OVER THE TRACES.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1923, Page 4

OVER THE TRACES.

TH K M KM Itop i l.vlti i f.TDX. A sneer h delivcn-d in tie- House o. He j; resell la ti vv* la-.t week -ay , the Per 1 milieu i ci.rtTspouih-iM of the Chri-.t elu:i" !» "Pi- s I:y M:- J. A. Young. the m> ml. r lor ! lamb;- n. ! a . , nosed a good deal oi tab: in the 1 Whies, and. it is said, abo oi tin- (\ hip'- rooms. Mr Young ati-mpted to e:,i- r j-’.udia meld first as a hilaral. He i-on I .■•tided an election against Sir W ioiam Harries ami was defeatc I. Aidenvard?. he entered Parliament. and w;a-. a d oioa h adherent of tie- Ih-fi.rni Par; - . I at terly . indeed, lie was siii no-ed ■ Ic a possible e.'l udiihitfur the vara a ,•:11 in the Ministry, and hi. eauise was i- c.mcd Ic, a Xurlliei'o lev. .par,':'. lui- \Jr Pollard, and mu Mr Young, was apponited. and the former’s appoint ment was genera I iy approved !y ,l,e party. Mr Young's speech last night, however.

would seem to indicate that he has now much less time for the Reform Party than lie had before; indeed, he gave utterance to sentiments that induced <oie of the Labour members to call out, "Come over here.” and thereafter he became severely critical of some of the Reform Ministers. He even gut a jib in at the Hon Mr Parr about .strawberries. and lie so annoyed the usually uuaiinoyable Minister of Defence (Sir Heaton Rhodes) that the latter curtly told him to mind his own business. Hideed, his speech almost from beginning to end was oarpingly critical of the Government. He threw out the suggestion that the lion W. Downio Stewart should accompany the Prime Minister to Loudon, and that Hie Confereiii'i- should consider the question of whether in the future it might not be well for tin- Leaders of the Opposition in the different Dominions to accompany the Prime Minister to the (onI'erence-. Mr Young further .surprised •he House hv referring to th - Hon AY. v.,,w0 il.,- and Vh - Hon. AY. D evil .■ Stewart < Ab,iisiers of Agricnllore am! C'l-lom:-) as “a dangerous As what may he regarded ns a M"|iie! in the above Sir C. Hunter, a promini ot Reform nienihcr. has given notice 1,, move that the recall it rant Air Voting Ik; appointed to the Chairmansliio of Committees .a lucrative pest which the Government has kept dangling before i in- members of the House, since the gem-ral election. It is said that the po-ilion was ofl'ered to and refused hy Mr bill.