THIS TERRIBLE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 396, 3 December 1932, Page 4

THIS TERRIBLE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Being the Brtef ImpressioS OF THE 'MAN' IN THE: STREQM ON CtTRRENT AEFAIRS^W With the Christmas season ofH cheer and better beer approa.Hj said the Man in the Street, Ufffi no apology for being on the aifl again. So far as he could pettH the greater part of New ZealacO either on the air or oh relief, ^ from a subsistence standpoir/^ very much the same thing. • * * ' * 0 He had been interested Motueka by-election. It ■wa$S| Vious that from the Hon. Lll McKenzie's point of view, it® been a sweet bye-and-bye and from that bf Mr. P. C. merely a bye-bye election. fiotH he was pleased to se'e" that Mr,® "bake had- said that the decision ® Motueka electors was one ® would stand hehind the Govert® Personally, that was. just whe® Would like to staiid in relation® Government — just hehind ther® Wearing his heaviest boots. ^ * * ira Speaking of the Governinet® notieed -that Mr. - Forbes con:® that the Uoalition was just as® to-day as it had ever been. E® not think that anyone would de® 'T'rime Minister's assertion, ® same original thought 'oeeurr® hini every time he ran into his® solid oak hallstand " ih the ® hours of the morning. ' He regretted to learn that !® D.-Park, seeretary to the Trt® aftei"attending the annual din® the Wellington Manufacturer;® sociation had developed an it® complaint which would confinei® his bed for some weeks. He ti® that the Wellington Manufact® Associr.tion should really be ® careful in its choice of menu, 1m profoundly to be hoped that® Mr. Park was able 'to leave kai he would find a treasury to return. m # % % * Kj| He was gratified also to lean® Ihe Prime Minister proposedt® journ the House over Christw order to give himself an oppoKfS to meditate over the affairs titi country. This would give the® try time to recover from Parli® and Parliament time to recovet® its Christmas. After all, o'urt® tunate parliamentarians would® ly relinquish standing orders ffl ting disorders. ^ * * * * H The Prime Minister, who ira® viously imbued with that Chii« spirit, but not enoUgh of it, hS pressed the opinion that thed® hour was before the dawn. TI® undoubtedly true, but his or® perienee as an ordinary u|| man, was that it didn't matta® ther it was darfc or not, his r® ways heard him and wanted toi® where he had been. D ❖ ❖ M Mr. W. J. Jordan had irit;® somewhat peevishly in the ® why the name of Mr.. Coates' 9 typiste who had appeared in a® liamentary group photographe® Motueka was - represented £§| by a blank. He knew a large M ber of people who considered 9 they were already represent® Parliament in the same way® any case, speaking from his ow® cursory knowledge of typiste:,® could always be relied upon to® any blanks for themselves. ■ Unlike very many other peoi® was prepared to admit that he® nothing about the exchange K® far as he could ascertain it ®|| j signed to relieve the f armer, t® farmers he had met, had ahvai® capable of doing this for the® with singular fluency. He co® ed, however, that in refusing® to entertain the idea, the ban® carried matters too far. Evt® Caledonian Society was prepa® entertain ideas. M ❖ * * He also knew nothing about 9 debt situation; he- did not exp® wife to believe this, but ha® that some of his creditors n#® entirely sympathised with GrestK tain's attitude that it would B America more to be paid than® he paid. He had explained this® of view to; some of his own ® ors, but they did not seeni to® to eye With him. As a re5,; ® had adopted the policy of not® ing them to see him at all. || =i5 * =i: aS Passing to more cheerful however, he had been most to observe that in Belgium, a® protest had been made for ® beer. He quite understood ti® was an old Belgian custom, 1® was one which he had repeate® dCavoured to introduce here. t® always being told that the cC® living was going down, but ® opinion was that the cost oi® living was going from bad to ® . He -thought that the nia/ji beer was one of the nationa'® lems to which Gabinet could u® attention during the Christma® cess and in this, or any other M sideration of a similar natur® could assure them of his who'Hg ed suppoft and co-operation. ❖ Quite recently a gentlernao r Macintosh had " protested becau h^d been cqljed to the bhr ® House to explain a breach on lege. Personally he had quite the reverse of this attij ^ a gentleman of Mr. Macintosh L when extended "this sort oi , tion. g 5 ^ ^ B However, he was assured t H could 'safely "leaVe it to '6e°rul havihg recently recCived his mahds, income tax assessnioh I un^ihplojnnentlHVyreinw^®