PARLIAMENTARY MANNERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 13

PARLIAMENTARY MANNERS.

Mr. B.: "The member Is a tiresome bird: He chatters on like any daw— The silliest ass I ever heard" (Members, furiously, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw, and substitute: The member Is a man of straw, Worth, in the market, I compute" (Members, savagely, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw, and say instead: The member weilds an ass's jaw Appended to his own fat head" (ilembers, angrily, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw, but I must say The meanest trick I ever saw Was played hy Mr. X. to-day" (Members, indignantly, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw, but I will add. May sharp remorse his vitals gnaw! His very heart is black and bad" (Members, grumpily, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw, but yet remark (And here 1 touch him on the raw), He is a land-grab and a shark" (Members, wearily, "Withdraw!") Mr. B.: "Sir, I withdraw; habit Is strong; His character's without a flaw, I was mistaken all along" (Members, drowsily, "Withdraw!") Mr. IS.: "Sir, 1 withdraw" (Cheers and much laughter, during which Mr. B. resumes his seat, smiling.) ARNOLD WALL. Christchurch.