WORK OF THE SESSION.

Shannon News, 9 December 1927, Page 3

WORK OF THE SESSION.

COMMENT BY ME LINKLATER, M.P. • WILL AGAIN BE A CANDIDATE FOR MANAWATU. Speaking at the Levin Horticultural show, which he opened as patron on Tuesday, Air J. Linklater made some references to the Parliamentary session, which had closed the day before, sayins that it had been very strenuous indeed. One of the burning questions dealt with was the. Licensing Amendment Bill. Members found themselves in the difficulty that, no mailer what they said about the licensing question, they Would be going against some porrion of. their electorates. Opinion was very divided—-and they had had to-give their opinion nut| stand by it. Per* smially, Jie wanted to do what, was i:i«;ht.' He had voted in what he considered the right way, smd lie had to si and bv it.

N,riu -ally, added Mr Linklater, he would have !.o face the electors, and lie would be a candidate for the Manaw:uu seal at the next election. Jt.,,was not h's intention to make a political ..peecl- ni.w, bur he hoped he would have the opportunity of doing so later, when he would be able to explain to the electors his reasons for voting in certain directions. "We, have had some of the most controversial subjects thai it -s possible to deal with," he said "There is'hardly .'a..political sublet that has not been dealt with this hcs&ion. We are all Very pleased to .see the end of the 1027 session. People are apt to think a man does not raise his voice in the Assembly, he is doing nothing there; but we have 24 committees, and the greater work of IVrbament is done in the committees, to which all the big questions are referred. Whatever time a member leaves the House, he must be down again at 10 a.m. on committee business, and it makes one feel pretty old av times, 1 can assure you. We have done our best in the direction of good legislat on. Whatever may be said of the Coafcs Government, the -quest ion* have been tackled w.thout any hesitation and most of them have been dealt with courageously. " Mi Linkuuev also had a few words to say about the pecrol tax, urging the people to view it tolerantly, and to bear in mindvthat if the price had been increased 4d" a gallon by the oil companies instead of by .the Government, tittle would have uecn heard in .The wav of comment. He also had in mind tli.e Main Highway through the.Horowhenua County. The ratepayers had constructed-the roads and had paid for them. If a laity were kepe .of the through iraffle, it wouid lie found that •a very small -percentage of the users were paying for the upkeep of the road.