A Parliamentary Note-Book

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 215, 30 November 1927, Page 11

A Parliamentary Note-Book

(Continued from page 10) Marriage to Aliens The enabling of New Zealand girls who marry aliens to retain their British nationality is sought in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens (in New Zealand) Amendment Bill, introduced in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. P. Fraser, Wellington Central, and read a first time. Mr. Fraser said that while there was not time to discuss the measure this session, he had introduced it so that it could be considered in the recess, and, he suggested, it might Be adopted by the Government. Tortures for Listeners-in

What would happen If all of a sudden the speeches of members of Parliament were thrown over the air upon the community of unsuspecting listeners-in, instead of being circulated through the written word of Hansard journal as at present? Sir Joseph Ward is emphatic upon the point. He says it would drive twothirds of the people silly. The Hon. W. Nosworthy, who must have been perusing volumes of oldtime tortures in the General Assembly Library, told the House of Representatives this evening that he was considering doing away with Hansard and arranging for speeches of members to be broadcast. This announcement naturally was greeted with shouts of laughter of members, who facetiously conjured visions of the much-tortured and nerve-wracked listeners-in. “How much would the subsidy be in that case?*' asked Mr. H. E. Holland. Mr. Nosworthy: It would save x great deal of money. Mr. Holland: Do you think it would prevent us looking up back speeches and convicting you on them? Sir Joseph Ward felt that broadcast speeches would send two-thirds of the people silly. They would become so confused, he said, that they would wonder whether they were in heaven or somewhere else. Mr. D. G. Sullivan: It would depend upon whom they were listening to.