CHALLENGE IN THE HOUSE
MR. J. S. FLETCHER’S POSITION “APPEAL TO THE ELECTORATE” THE SUN’S Parliamentary Reporter PARLIAMENT BLDGS.. Friday. A STRAIGHT hint to Mr. J. S. Fletcher (Independent— Grey Lynn), in view of his voting against the Government, to emulate Mr. H. R. Jenkins, the former member for Parnell, was given by Mr. C. H. Clinkard (United —Rotorua) in the House this evening.
Although Mr. Fletcher, said Mr. Clinkard, had been returned to Parliament as a supporter of the United Party, he had been one of its keenest critics. In supporting . the Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hpn. J. G. Coates, in his no-confidence amendment, asked Mr. Clinkard, was Mr. Fletcher voting to put the Reform Party back on the Treasury benches or to go to the country? Mr. Fletcher: To go to the country. Mr. Clinkard: Exactly what I thought the hon. member would say. Mr. Fletcher's duty, continued Mr. Clinkard, was to follow Mr. H. R. Jenkins, the former member for Parnell, and appeal to his elecorate for its opinion. To speak in sporting parlance, Mr. Fletcher, since his election had been “trying to make his alley good,” particularly regarding unemployment, although he had no monopoly on the question.
Mr. A. M. Samuel (Reform — Thames): He is sincere, though. Mr. Clinkard: So are the members of the United Party sincere. If Mr. Fletcher had had the benefit of 20 or 30 years of experience on local bodies, Mr. Clinkard said, he must have realised that a man must follow his colleagues to a certain extent. He had heard Mr. Fletcher dilating on land settlement. Had he learned about land settlement on the banks of the Clyde before he came to New Zealand? Mr. Fletcher: What has this got to do with the Budget? Mr. Clinkard: I can understand the hon. member wanting to go on with another subject. I myself have • always been loyal to the party to which I belong. A Reform Member: My party, right or wrong! Mr. Clinkard: My loyalty will be judged by the electors. I am not afraid of my seat. Mr. Fletcher: Neither am L
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1040, 2 August 1930, Page 1
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