Knitting In Parliament
When I first visited Parliament many years ago the House met in what had been the ballroom of the old Government House, arid is now the social hall where receptions are held for distinguished visitors. It was very cramped, members sat on raised platforms atranged in a horse-shoe shape round the room, and there was no ladies’ gallery worth speaking of. There were a few seats for Ministers’ wives, at one end of the press gallery on the Speaker's right, the men’s gallery with a few seats for women visitors at one end was on the Speaker's lett, and members’ wives sat on the floor of the House, behind the members. It was all very friendly, and the members who had to squeeze past the ladies to get to their seats took a &reat interest in the sewing and knitting that went on so busily. One day a reel of cotton was dropped and rolled down and down till it came to rest in front of the Speaker's chair. But though the owner of the reel was covered with confusion, everyone else, including the messenger who rescued the reel, was most amused, Looking back, it seems that it was, in spite of fierce party strife, a cheerful, rather happy-go-lucky House, in those piping days of peace before 1914.-(Talk to women by " Margaret ".)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 66, 27 September 1940, Page 5
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225Knitting In Parliament New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 66, 27 September 1940, Page 5
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