POLITICAL NEWS AND NOTES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 4

POLITICAL NEWS AND NOTES

A BIT OF A STONEWALL. By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent. Wellington, Wednesday Night. In the House of 'Representatives there, was a bit of a stonewall against the d«* bate for the purpose of getting a paper printed. Mr. Smith, of ftangitikei, ■'jrouglu up a report on some land question, and wanted it printed, but the Standing Orders do not allow a debate on such a motion, these motions being appropriate and therefore the privilege of the Government alone. <Mr. Fowlds, therefore, to accommodate his friend, himself moved the printing. The Opposition rose, and in their wrath called the Government many things, asking whether the Minister would have •been as good to one of the other side. A wild discussion -was let loose about land, which disgusted everybody, one member especially I observed nursing'A wrath of silent eloquence. It was pathetic to watch tliim until one found out that he was not concerned about the waste of public time so much as tor the fact that he was primed with a speech for the Financial Debate, and anxious a let himself go. (Hence these tears. *

" A DAY OFF." When the Financial De'xite got i* there was not a great deal w leraouiboi. and less to chronicle. in "another place" it was a sort of a (Uy -iff, that B, the debate on the State Bank was concluded, most of the speakers doclariflf themselves pleased that an enquiry was to be at last held for thair instruction. The Attorney-General was sub'.iuus. He had debated within himself the question of whether he would 3ay anything m tito debate at all, and, after u go.id <le:vf o£ cogitation, he had come to Ino sonelusie* that the best course for him would be to say that he was glad shore would .be a committee, because aft'»r its enlijlitaiting report he might feel induced to wjf something, seeing that no could not haw taken any hand in the nuUer :a all, be ing a member of a Uove.-iuunt '.vaich missed Mr. Hogg for the mdtscvetion of nailing Ms colors to the State IVirlc mafet, where the world took th-jm for the Government orillame. Uis speech was distinctly humorous. Mr. Wi Pere was ejuaily lumoious when following the Lea ler of the Oomcii. He declared that no «voui I also defer his speech" on tin* groat question til the proper time. He comp.etod the foV by concluding that as ne hii ;]wken lb .sid not think the Hums need more data on the ' A TiKAP THAT FAILED.

I After some desultory remarks here and ' there, and a reply from M-\ \\\r.', wlivJh rather demolished the jio.«itioi's>> carefully taken up by Mr. Wig-am last week with regard to the motion, inn debate ended by the appointment i>f the committee with the Hon. Mr. SW«?n* in t">ft place of Dr. Findlay. Ihe Doctor did nut walk into the trap -:>;t for him l»y Mr* Rigg quite as easily n* the latte* gentleman imagined. How mush hi 1 , imagined walked from seat to seat dnlliflHue members of the same in the «oyV»y< should go, but nothing will come At, ei^fca > bare,Aald *?£<;# repori^jp 4*w.iSftfnueT gfft hi? innings next Iratll his turn at the lebate-pn tile sefcjpid Jersoir, BilkPlt i'WWof««l-4flpl e *' : ft X W lJostorliSpe, and it was good to wawh biro frjpiwily hostile criticism of Mr Safrigel s but be had the laugh on his >.:p W** 1 principles in this fieasure, but 'M&tB hWtfeatf little cafcWljCprsptred ~ v psotetibn !, 'ror*4§aeh ri *»"j«*:nts, the Mlaweiafto Attorney" said. <w4h an air o( settling the whole "that's the law already." The only thing 1 the Ifim. Oliver could re*ct was that *e wondered why the thing was put into a new Bill, wherein, of course, ihi-re d-te» seem to be something, but' ntter, tliat conflict between lawyers of eminence, whereat.-the whole Council'grinnnd nugely, ill 'become my layman to state/what is or may be on hn injnd. Kve', o'clock cut off the Hon. OH«er in thif and he was allowed to move the adjournment of the debate. A PRACTICAL SPEECH., ' The speech of the lay in this p'ace *wae\the short, practic-0, common-sonse jfliscourse devoted by M Hon. Mr. Kelly in damning this proo>-»l of the SUte Bank withsthe faintest praise. He did not do whaVMr, Wigram had done, for ■which he received to-day the sarcastic thanks of Mr. (Rigg. He did not second the motion.! pe4eclared Ms hostilitjrto the main question, and wound up with a plea that the only possible alternative •was iujtfc>lmpo3Bible. That was the tour.de, force of Mi. Wigram. Mr. Kellj was like Moloch, wßose vote was for ope* war and welcomed the committee as 'an 'autHbrity to give him ammunition Xo fight battles against the same. /*-■»..