PARLIAMENTARY AMENITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 234, 8 February 1911, Page 7

PARLIAMENTARY AMENITIES

New .South Wales Hansard, issued on January 4, gives some interesting information regarding the kindliness of feeling which marked the closing hours of the N.S.W. Assembly. Despite the very long and trying sittings, members retained their life-long opinions of each other, and exchanged such good wishes as these:— Mr. Thrower: 1 repeat it, and I am prepared to resign my seat if the statement is not true. Mr. Levy: If the lion, member repeats the statement 30 times no one will believe him. Mr. Price: (Inaudible). ..Mr. Xielsen: [ will punch the lion, member on the nose if he says that. Mr. Price: J made no insinuations; it was the Minister. Mr. Nielsen: You dirty cow. Mr. Perry (to Mr. Thrower): The lion, member lives on the workers, anyhow. .Mr. Speaker (to Mr. Kitzpatriek): J ask the hon. member to resume his seat. Sergeant, remove the lion, member. (Hon. member departs accordingly). _ Mr. Wood: Not long ago some"persons interested in the hon. member (Mr. Hollis) asked for police to protect him against the tramway strikers. Mr. Hollis: You are a liar. Mr. Wood (to the chairman): I desire to direct your attention, .sir, to the fact (hat one lion, member had been challenging other hon. members to fight. The chairman: Order. Mr. Burgess: The Premier was on his feet, and the hon. member for Waverley asked the Premier, "Will you sit down?" and then said, "Sit down!" 1 then said, "I would like to knock you down."