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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5130, 1 September 1877, Page 2

Mr. Bees will-never make a statesman. ;This remark does not even possess the merit of originbut any one who saw Mr. Rees exult on Thursday night, when he was on the side that won by a single vote, and witnessed his crestfallen appearance yesterday at hearing the Premier's reply to his question about the 200,000 acres near the Waikato, could not but feel inclined to sympathise with- the hon. member for Auckland" City East for the melancholy exhibition he made of himself. Those who have read Wilkie Collins will remember the chapter in the "Woman in White," beginning " Fosco stunned." It will not affect Count Fosco's memory to say that Mr. Rees was " stunned "when the Hon. Major Atkinson quoted "Dodd's Parliamentary Practice" to show that the matter being sub judice the question could not be answered. Again, Mr. 1 Kees displayed his impetuosity, when, like an exasperated schoolboy, he moved the adjournment of the House. Mr. Kees may yet acquire wisdom but we would not jeopardise our reputation for perception by hazarding a hope that such will ever come to pass.