Heavy Sarcasm

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 13

Heavy Sarcasm

MR. LEE’S LECTURE “Foolish Egotism” HON. G. J. ANDERSON HITS BACK (THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Bestowing liis final kick upon the Shops and Offices Amendment Bill this evening, Mr. J. A. Lee, Auckland East, took the Minister of Labour, the Hon. G. J. Anderson, to task for lengthening the hours. “Later hours for boys. How the Minister loves the boys,” said Mr. Lee with heavy sarcasm. “Later hours for girls—” A Member: Pie loves them too. Mr. Anderson, sourly: You’re almost as funny as “Punch.” Mr. Lee: I suppose if a Minister tried to be as funny as "Punch” for the rest of his life he would never succeed for even a few minutes. Mr. Speaker: Order! Order! Mr. Lee: lam just pointing out that the Minister’s interjection paid me a compliment. During the passage of the Bill through the House, Mr. Anderson had patiently endured a good deal of criticism, and when he rose to reply at the end of the debate he dealt sweepingly and effectively with Mr. Lee. “The member for Auckland East, in his rather affected manner, and full of his foolish egotism, with precious little backing of common sense lectures this House on every possible occasion,” said Mr. Anderson. “I take precious little notice of what is said by the member for Auckland East or his colleagues on the Labour benches, but I am certainly not going to allow the hon. member to get up, in his egotistical manner, and lecture me, or this House, and get away, with it, as he thinks he can do. I can assure him that as far as his Irony is concerned we take precious little notice of it at all.” With that Mr. Anderson was content to pass on to other affairs.