WASTE OF TIME.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3527, 14 July 1920, Page 6

WASTE OF TIME.

SOME HASTY .I["[)GMEN’.PS.

VVELLINGTON, July 1.3

é Several of. the new niembers of the !House have conclemned what they think has been a great waste of time over the Address—in-Reply debateand [the series of no-confidence motions. {Mr J. R. Hamilton, who succeeds Sir Joseph Ward as representative for fAwarua, -has ventured to put forward a suggestion for a. revision of , the standing orders so as to economise gthe time of Parliament. He remarkied that there should not be ‘so much ;talk about things by every member. I “Would you ballot for a speaking jo'hance?’r’ asked one of the old hands,ibut Mr Hamiltofi had not worked out ‘details of his time-saving scheme. He ‘found some support. from the Prime‘ =|Minister and the former Chairman of ;Committees, Mr Malcolm, who agreed} jthat the standing orders need revision 7“so- as to save time,” but when the imember for Awarua grows older in {Parliamentary wisdom he will realise ’that some of this “time~wasting” prolcedure fulfils an important function, iby guaranteeing to the minorities a. ful.l opportunity of considering the proposals which the majority party’ in Parliament may desire to pass without a~fnll discussion. Even the much—abused stonewall has had a good purpose in'perm'itting electors outside Parliament to know of some, highly controversial ‘proposal of which I "the country had been ignorant. ‘