THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1920, Page 5

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

"A PARTICULARLY GOOD ONE," SAYS MR. MASSEY. •Some hopeful remarks upon the new Parliament were made by the Prime Minister (Rt. Hon, YV. F. Massiy) at the New Zealand Dental Association's annual dinner on Wednesday. The present Parliament, said Mr. Massey, was a particularly good one. (Applause.) During his 2G years of Parliamentary life he had seen many changes amongst the representatives of the people, and he believed the new members were the best set of Parliamentary colts the country had ever seen. He did not wish in saying this to ;cast any reiiection upon men who had gone, but he honestly believed that many of the new men who had been returned woultl distinguish themselves in Parliament, do good work ior the country, and make a name for themselves. But., iney would not be good men, nor would the Parliament be a good one, unless they undertook the important work before* them in the proper manner. The electors also had important work to do- Years ago when the electors selected their representative for Parliament they thought o&ly of their parochial affairs, but now the country had got beyond that. A member of Parliament was selected not only for the purpose of looking after the needs of his own constituency, but also had an opportunity of managing the affairs of the Empire. Every Dominion was now having a say in the affairs of the Empire, and neither the people nor their members of Parliament should allow themselves to forget it.