MR M. W. GREEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 25 September 1883, Page 2

MR M. W. GREEN.

■... M r... .M:... :;W;.: Greeti jq to, ■ .Hansard, lix the.-following termß .kftP^^ i /ilhe....ionoMbie:----gentleman , B character very well,-he would.attribute.his jJotldn to , 'a i jkiri(l ;,, of " biktemefis or , dislike.. ; to:himself; but he did not do anything .of thcfkind, because he knew the honorablo' msmtier for Dunedin. Tilast. '■■■ He knew/ that le; was. by good nature, and : he knew that he y&M soft js,a*. boiled" - turnip:" ".Her had had occasion to "find that this was the case,) and if he was ; hot' going 'out pfthe way lie. would relate a little incident—he would' say nothing bitter, "Mhrng, tween the honorable , gentleman, the honorable member for Cavershanij and himself, juafc byway @f illustration,, to show how reliable thejiogsraifeige'ntleman was, and to prove to the House that he was actuated solely by good JAtorfi. Happening to be coming through Christchurch with him, they had occasion to go into the Exhibition there, and the honorable gentleman asked them to go and inspect the learned pig. He assured him (Mr Bracken) that the pig could. well as he could'. He (Mp Bracken)' looked at him with amazement, He said, "Yes, Mr Green, but you must understand that the learned pig is taught to understand English by small pieces of grease being placed on the cards." "But, my dear Sir," he replied "you do not take me to be'a fool I Surely I am capable of understanding; and I can assure you that he understands English as well as you or I." That was just one illustration of how gullible-the honorable gentleman was, He was-making use of this fact, to point out that the honorable gentleman was not,'actuated by- venom, There was ■ .particle of venom in his composition; As he (Mr Bracken) said before, lie was as soft as a boiled turnip or a stewed pumpkin. Again, going to the Addington. Workshops, there was a small boy taking steel filings from brass, and Mr Green said, "My boy, and will not the magnet take up • the brass ?" The song, of " The Silver-Churn" struck him (Mr Bracken) at once—. By no. endeavor could magnet ever . 7. Attract"a silver churn,; !(; ji' He merelylgot up to say that lie had not the least ill-feeling against the. honorable gentlpman,; arid htfhbpgiinoi member of-the House 1 would rtiintoW one moment' that the honorable gentleman was. actuated by ;malic.§ his Heiyvas gulliblo j he waS easily imposed/npon j and any one who got hold 1 of ium and buttonholed him could makd him believe the ■inost absurd and ridiculous story extant. He (Mr Bracken) knew that, and therefore he did not attribute any malice to him in the slightest degree