POLITICAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 86, 1 August 1914, Page 4

POLITICAL.

MR JENNINGS' PETITION. The A to L Petitions Committee brought up its report on the petition of Mr W. T. Jennings, praying for reimbursement of the expense which he had been put to in contesting his right to sit as a member of the Waitara Harbor Board. The committee had no recommendation to make. During the discussion the whole of the circumstances of the case were closely reviewed, after which the report was referred back to the committee. OPPOSITION TACTICS. [P*R PBEM AfiSOOTATIO!?.] Wellington, July 31.« Tn the House of Representatives last night, Sir Joseph Ward, by indulgence of the iiouse, referred to the statement made by the Premier that it was useless to lay papers on the table if the Opposition persisted in talking the motions out. He deprecated the idea that the action of the Opposition could be construed into obstruction tactics. The fact was that Ministers raised very contentious questions. Mr Massey, in reply, said, he would not say the Opposition was guilty of obstruction, but it looked very like it. It appeared to him that the object of the extended debates was to prevent Ministers getting in repliea. The Ministers were entitled fco roj>i£.