THE MATAURA REVOLT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 664, 17 October 1933, Page 5

THE MATAURA REVOLT

(Press Assn.

ANOTHER SKIRMISH

McDOtTGALL CROSSKS THE BORDER WITH PIPES PLAYING '• TAKES A NEWi SEAT

— By Telegraph — Copyright).

,f Wellington, Saturday The new-foririd indepenc[ence of the memlber for Mataura (Mr. D. McDougall) gave rise to a few tense moments in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon when the Prime Minister's report on ihe World Economic and Monetary Conference was being, discussed. Mr. McDougall was critising the land poliey of the Government, and went on to refer to the Galatea Estate; The Deputy Speaker (Mr. S. C. ^mith) : Is th'e hon. gentlemari dealingt with the conference report? Mr. McDougall r 1 am; I hope yoii rire not getting "hot under the collar." - The Deputy Spealcer. Order. Mf . McDougall said he was s'orry that lie had supported th'e a Government m eutting down wages' and ptittingi a- tax on the workers. They no# had to tax the workers to, give them a joh. All the Government had been doing wds to make* the poor pd'orer ahd ihe rich richer. "I am sorry I was not kicked out long ago," he remarked. Mr. F. Lye (Government, Waikato) You ought to be sitting somewhere else. Mr. McDougall: I sit alwa'ys where

I like. I understand the Speaker arranges the seats. The Deputy Speaker: Order! Order! Mr. McDougall: You shut m& up; he interjects, and when I reply I am called to order. He says I ought" to be sitting somewhere else. I ought to be isittingi where the Speaker is sitting now, and I would make a betier job of it. (Laughter.) The Deputy Speaker: Order! or I wlil ,have to ask -the hon. gentleman to resu-me his seat. Mr. McDougall then proceeded with his speech. Speaking .later iri the debate, Mr. Lye said that in common decency, Mr. McDougall should eonsider getting into more congenial company. "If he does not like to associate with the Government and its policy," said Mr. Lye, "then I have not the slightest objectiori, hiit it seems to be a most extraordinary position that it does not occur to the hbn. gentlenian that his place is somewhere else. I think it is time he considered taking some other seat." •Mr. McDougall: Would it please you if I went up on the roof? Mr. Lye: I don't know whether it would please me very much if you fell off the roof. Mr. Speaker: Order! Order! IRtising to a point of Order, Mr. McDougall said that Mr. Lye had said that if he had any respect he (Mr. McDougall) would leave the Governmeht benches. "I want to ask Mr. Speaker for an opinion on that," said M>. McDougall. "I understand he is the bne who allocates the seats in this House. If he says that I should remove out of this seat I will be oriiy tbo pleased to 3o so, but I am not going to leave this seat for the mepiiber for Waikato or any member of •the Mlinistry unless it is th'e desire of Mr. Speaker." (Mr. Speaker said that it was not his duty to allocate the seats in the House, except, of course, that the front benehes on his right were for the Government and those on his left for the Opposition. So far as the other seats were coneerned. he only came into the matter in the evenc of a dispute. 'Hf any dispute arises," said Mr. Speaker, "I will certainly decide the matter." Subsequently Mr. McDougall changed his seat and went to sit beside Mr. C. A. Wilkinson (Independent, Egmont) at the rear of the chamber.