THE FINANCIAL DEBATE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10064, 11 August 1910, Page 4

THE FINANCIAL DEBATE.

Few people will be sorry when that absurd creation of a Hansard-ridden Parliament termed "The Financial Debate," is brought to a close. The average reader ia heartily sick of the alleged witticisms of politicians who, cji one side, have set themselves the task of proving that black is white, and on the other of demonstrating that Hie milky way is a thundercloud of the darkest hue, Nobody cares the snap of a finger for the discussion of ethereal and mundane subjects which characterises debates having no other object than to allow politicians to address their constituents ptr medium of a useless Hansard and a long-suffering Press. The public platform and the columns of the newspapers are always open during tha recess to those who wish to ventilate their grievances and to air their eloquence. The time of Parliaments oould be better employed in discussing measures of reform than in projecting gaseous missiles across the floor of the House. Now that everybody, more or less—and chiefly less —has had his little say, and no bonea have been broken, it f is sincerely to be hoped that Parliament will settle down to the more serious business of the country, and that we shall have more work and less talk.