AN AMUSING INTERLUDE.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15017, 11 July 1914, Page 12

AN AMUSING INTERLUDE.

"LETTING THE CAT OUT OF«rnlI BAG." ™| (SPECIAI. TO "THE PBESS") 3j' 5 WELLINGTON, The House was in a merry night, and the Prime Minister aj_Mfc. I Fisher scored on several occaara-irW__ Opposition members rose to toak©'soSi''j| objection to th o personnel of co___*Lfli tees that were being set « p fortlS session. It is history now that ths Oifi position first lieutenant, Mr G. _rJH Russell, had all his guns trained on titif Treasury benches for the,last th-"_ellH four days of the debate on the Acs«i§_ in-Roply, vainly waiting for -omeJ-Bjffi ister, preferably the Prime to break cover. Mr Massey, did not consider that any damag.'lt&al been done by the Opposition attads_|f the Government citidel, and he -__?$!« come out to give battle. So it that Mr Russell waited in vain,".i_§fß will have to wait for some consider*ljl»S ■■ time. *"".'^B Everybody knew tho p_-ntion>-"«i_i course,, but to-night Mr Russell Belf let tho cat out of tho hag, $$m was talking at large on a moti-m,toj6-f* .HP a committee, and the Hon. Jnajfifl '■' Allen objected, saying that Mr R__jej£ had' had- his chance for such g_r_n| discussion in the Address-in-Repjj- _£' •bate. ' (Laughter. > - JM "Mr Russell: I was waiting forVom; Prime. Minister, "and he hadn't 3j| pluck to get up. . , I_P| This admission drew roars of la*-_Bi§§ ' from the Government benches, and £_£ ,-. Speaker ruled Air Russell out in attempting a general di_as-£__i _t_C a motion to set up a con___tt_er,jS*V3| : -At a later'stage of the proom&vy Mr Isitt sngge-ted to Mr I_sb_r^- r t-_f . his, name- should bo left tions Com*___t__v because some 4 .. _SwK: , he suggested, might not be thertfAf year, and it-would be as well tol-pl!; . some of the younger members -__fjj§' portunity of learning the work." r *lJ[J|_| . -members at once - i jnmped to th**.*!! - elusion that Mr Isitt would Parliament next year, and ap^n*|_Mgt| . laughed- heartily,:.but Mr course, denied tho soft impea6|__^-J > His name was, however, taken'__£-ttt: i Petition Committee, and a little'*wK .. Mr Fisher had it added to the pti_dab|| House Committee. **$m'