SHOALS OF TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 274, 19 November 1927, Page 14

SHOALS OF TELEGRAMS.

PRIME MINISTER INUNDATED..

} . ~"VERY NICE—BUT UNNECESSARY."

MR. COATES WILL DECIDE FOR

HIMSELF,

(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter

WELLINGTON, Friday.

The Licensing Bill, though out of the limelight, is, of course, occupying the inftin iattention of parliamentarians at moment, and an endeavour was Jiade by Mr. J. A. Lee (one of the opponents of the measure, as it war left by the House in its committee stage) to to the frctat by way of an urgent question to the Prime Minister. a carefully phrased question, Mr. Lee desired the Prima Minister to say (as he. had advertised himself as responsible for the Licensing Bill, and that a majority of the House had voted to report progress, whether the will pf 55-100ths of the House in this'respect wail to-be set aside? •

JWith the exception of the last part of the question I have no fault to find with it, J replied the Prime Minister. "In regard 4p $! e I? 8 * portion, njay I say that IgNfly indicated to the Committee on that occasion I desired progress to be reported in order that I might consider thjpi:position. (Hear, hear). I also said thay I .believed there were possibilities— 1 may be entirely wrong—of bringing about some compromise. I have asked yhtwewho in favour of a bare majority in this ;House to appoint a committer + me " I have also indicated to th6se who think differently to do the same in order to try oht or to see how 111 J- may J? e ahle with a corn--2' se ; is the position at the T* the mattCT «nder conal" j deci(,e when I have around the question."

§ , Avalanche of Advice,

1 continued the Prime SSJI outside eefm 1 like to aw""?, them that it is not necessarv a lot of telegrams to me. I am well seized of the position." We are all getting the 6ame i

|he Prime Minister: I realise that! Oitf the other hand, someone is payinw f°f" them. But it does prejudice the mmdof a man when he has an avalanchc of in one way. S l "#**' A. Lee: Put them in the waste paper;-basket! It is only propaganda of thfl; people! fjhflj?. Prime Minister: No, it is not J® 11 ? source only, but one man has to decide, and I am seized of the position* $1; know their views, and even members of the House who onpose me on, this .question of what ought to be done will grant that I have clearly interpreted their minds, which represent the minds of the people who are telegrcohing me very nicely, but unnecessarily;! •'

'Mr.-Hudson (Motueka") : It, {9 good for® revenue.,