POLITICAL JOTTINGS
The new Parliament has assembled. There are many new members. It may be described as a green Parliament. There do not seem to be any good speakers, nor any burning issues. The Speaker is extraordinarily dignified. Also he is competent and discipline is to he observed within the Chamber.
The Prime .Minister is surprising his friends, file is speaking better. There is more decision about his utterances which are hacked bv deliberation.
there is great duplication of names in the new Parliament. Two Jones, two Dicksons, two Lees, two Rolleston. two Hamiltons, two Hollands, two -Masons—quite a wonderful collection of twins—hut not always brothers in (political) artnsSir Joseph Ward is in good heart. He is putting up pertinent queries to the Minister of Finance, which suggests some interesting dissertations to follow on finance when the replies are brought down. | There are three Richmonds in the field for the Chairmanship of Committees—Messrs Nash, Hockley and Lee, The subject is being much discussed, and the rival prospects canvassed, 1 A Licensing Bill is promised, but j the proposals are not known. It is j suggested there might he a poll every { five years, • instead of three as at pres-j cut. But in any case any change will he hotly contested and the usual poli- ' tieal compromise might lie the eventual outcome. j
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 June 1926, Page 4
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