POLITICAL JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1926, Page 3

POLITICAL JOTTINGS

WAS lIE SAFE? •* Would you ay;r<?e to put the speculator out of business? ” interjected Afr P. Fraser to Air V. H. Potter in the House. Air Potter: Tt would make no difference to me. .Mr Eraser: Perhaps nut; but I wind to know. Air Potter: 1 will he prepared to do so if the Labour Party will lie (''insistent in its advocacy. NOT AN ORACLE. “ There arc many things in (heaven and on earth of which the lion, member is not aware.”—Air P. Fraser (Wellington Central) to Air A. Harris, who had spoken at length jon Auckland. THE TARIFF WALL. " We are flooded with Yankee motor ears ; they Charge us ten cents a pound on our wool. There is a tariff wall around that country over which we have no chance of climbing. So why encourage cheap timber?”—Air \V. Glenn (Rangitikei).

NIGGER IN THE WOOD PILE. “ There are thousands of people in the country \vbo want houses, and it seems that there is something wrong if we have some millions of feet of timber in the State mills that is saleable. Tt is more than tarifl we want. We have timber cut. and nobody wants it.” .Mr At. J. Savage (Auckland West). WHICH? Air V. H. Potter (Roskill)' in the House: 1 cannot see how the Labour Party can reconcile its conscience——” Air P. Fraser (Wellington Central) : Conscience 1 Air Potter: Perhaps lam wrong. I cannot see how they can reconcile their vote to vote for such a privately-own-ed monopoly.