FROM THE LADIES' GALLERY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 10

FROM THE LADIES' GALLERY.

Quo'never;can ; tell;«fot will lappcn ih-PaN , ' '■ hannerct— the only thiffijono tin- bo.eure of'toV'.v- ■• thsrt. the i thing onedoes not; expect: is • eer-'' 3''tain to.be the thing itlmt will happen. ■ Take,-.'.' : : for iiietanoci tho Financial Debate on .tho get,. tha,t opened -.ottt. on Tuesday. , . There Mite* ! people who "thought s - ovcrj-thiug would- gonWy* , '■■' subside: and'fade away out of existence on the*-..;-;' uieht-indced, ,Sir.' JcfiOph did' bie;.?'-: ''■ :: best, to'. mafco thai happen when, : ho suggested - ; ' ■■ 7 - that speeches should bo donfmed to MT.:Massey ,; ;V" aMI-himsoU,. ■-.but .-the: suggestion wasi not'>-N rushtd.-. It would really'.-have bwn .too 'cruels- v.'. to > ;.have';d«nriTedv«iemb<!r3 , ; of:' tho.:: glorious "i , dhatices;of• aisplivying.their eJoquonco upon-.the %?.-*p trabject, of.. then , ; country V- wrongfc;--'-..There-: werev; 'I' :.i other ■ people;;■■ who:: thousli't' >that 7-iiiiuiy ■■■:dayaHV* \^uld.;bo,ncoilcd"to .sco.it..t'hroUKh; 1 -but, ;, :as a-«-. : .;.:- : inirjiter of fiiot.i two:.daj's, niarkod'by vigorous S: *'-. : ' d'k<rusioi»,.: fiea-thihe/ exprecsions o't ! - : dinniinySi^: : ; feable , - and : keenest interest;.: Ba*-' V U jv- ~. ; obmo..M,'ftn,ciid. r -l'erha-ps' 6no : reason: w«9 -i'. fuianop. is siioh .n .very: perplexing feubject-r-<>n« '.}n'.wMoh'.;if;iS'.-so'-«!\sy ; tp get outof Oho'a depth, i , -'*; .'and; iiiany,. tllffughl:uitoretion to ■ bo'.thelbettorW* .part of; vaJour.'.ini thi^'.cas*. , ; No*' 1 Zealand:'haef : «; : . :n<yt: yet':> BOhf .'.ovft- ilato,.llio wbrl^Ciinanoiora-of-a •,?-;;" luark-rbut jt; has bceu;oontcirt to: iilace' ihead..'c«f:.i(Si(kffifttlrfcJi.iuLj.iiimitn)ilnj<viniwr«>r-:A»:;.iii;

•' l»ss ■Knowa:;wh.ere.,f : sf : h'o.porfornia:strange.-jttg-. SSWB ."f«o«ta,";:transferring ■ it'; from. one 'reatinc' place' .with; : figlitning'.rapidity, .anil ;Who: alwffys.JjeludMitho^Vivho; \penetrate ■ ;"*>mystories^eyehhthpugh','ftcy! may- a'ppar-' : to!the.;si)ot.';;;•.■"-.;■,; ■-..:.: : arid Ji|e^XMock);^^;? : iV! ;£7' : !;!;;'' ; f':Vv: : v' ; ! !■ The:landVquestio : n'Jwas;:Hieione..thai -Drinci-.'. .fauy' absorbea'■ ■of tli€l Houso'dur:ing:the:.debate;^a9/.o i £ > c,burse; might!have!been .expeOTed.iwhilo. ;the'taxation came', second."' One. r !4f'- criticising;; the • Budget ■ must'■ havo : Kcen'' nightmare' jtovl[r.::Ma«scy.- : .;Tp.; have- a 'star! isuch -'ni'a'giii-'' jwde.hurled.'upon lf .dhe; ; .'an!<Hircomnion. \vith''all ' 'to'.other menibere.'.to;have .only';, a:f6w;.;daj's in vwhioh.'to; wrestle'witli'dts large proposals.-'must .mrely:;ih a je,.; ! i]most?, i paralysed ..him. , - ;l)uring r«»'Vinahy\:JejM.-;ofV-.Krliaineitqry":'-li& ! .-'.tliero' .fflust-havelvbbeh , : quite ■■'a'-i-nnhiber ■■'■pi Budge'tblbpms 'opened out. fdr X his ■.adiiiirationiahd ap- : .•■proval, : ; peated ishocks ,61 such';.a'iia'Wfe 'would'. bo Valto- • 'iSfiW'i.tob; mUch.'.'-■'■JFor /the? country's-- ne'rvce.; "While , -3ie - was ;epeak'ing f bne could -not r help f eelyjng'that;M.wasjoppre&ed,by. tho shortness.'of ■:tae:'timei. : ..w.-iinV.that;: 1 one;:'short .; hour. There' v was ■,toait;.,'.'■} bigV-;:.: white-faced-;. : :clock : \' (sometimes :-euoh';";.»a;>v;friendy s.staring : -.'-.:him... .coldly , ■in.;:the i .face,f.-whilev; the': bands crept ■'further and< : further.^- ftho:. appointed'. ; ; hour ! , jheh'.yhisi -wordsimust xease, : with; no friendly ;iiandf to';..turn-its; ■relentless Urarriings.tto-the ;wall. ; '■ Jit left" hiiii-iardly : ;time for".breathihg. .vMeii|Mndal\adm i iMstrattohV;:ofj;.courM;-'6aftie ...in vfor :his' ; condemnnitioni: but 'his .main -. topics j were :,i:he'-land:"poli!cyiHmid''.the ,taxatibn:pro-1 jposals.i;iij.which;the;bnly....thing. that seemed /to-hiui'.fcD.-be 'leftiuntaxed .{.were the church. collections; , on; Suiiilay: J",'; '.'; V' •:;. r ■ :-l'\ ';}■ .it/was-.an.'; iU-at-ease/ishamefated-lookcd G,bv-' .O':CTOmeht-; : p^rj^ji i taat''.Rce ; iT.e(lj"mV. o'Bn^la^pns'Oii::the!:^suyn'dini; : r.that! had,, taken -pla?e: in ;■ their, .principles-T-.that jthe^f^ieehold,'whichvihod;;so!;lbng been' I .opposed ■'.ny. them ; ,was'now - !,to'.be'adopted.i.EyeriithQUgh .lUmightvnot.ibe , :altogether/on the,'terin.s;that owere 'wanted; '.by,."the; freelioldorSj,. yet : the great principle .had.; been- conceded; them. ■'.Mγ; Massey r could ■ George ."or 'Mr. ■; '•(jpneeding::'.their:•principles . and'.■;..'re.maining';ih;'onice, butjsiich ,a sacrifice, does not ;'b i conr.: ;to~-;the :■'. niin'd' : of • ?t]ftie,". political party., 1: in" ■ PQwer!,.;in^Trew ~£lM : S',: ! the;betrayal:;of J; theirvcaused; They..had'. gone .;.to;,the'...c6ttntry;at;..the'.!time'.of ~the;:: elections : pledged tb'upnbld'ttie'leasohbMyquestion.nand ' -here they.-were.'nbwi of ,a; party that 'had .;.'. Jaught;! "■■ of i.;,conjuriii^,' ; ■ -arid : ■;oivere , ■ posily ,1-engaged";>■'in.-: .trarisformiilg {■■intp.-.anytning":.'Jhttf^!might :, ,i: gain;. , . them ; the :';treasure.-. ''of;.<pnblic v ..favpur,;.-eager; to conipro-i-.mise;over.'ahytrung'stbat f might:- add "it''iid : matter; what.:tlieylmiglit;abandoiii-by the way. It'w.ould:.be!:strange'.i^they : *did'not feel: very : : iiore and: cherishffeolin'gsf.of considerable bit- : teniess-byei , >the;wh"ole!6ituatibn. : ' I Truly'.'a;coat ;■ of.;many,and.eYer/yaryingscolours-is ;;';bf;fthe:'Gbrernnieht:V'i v if : i ! ; J :^-',: .- ,'■'■'.'-■.■■.>•■• .-■•.■■.-..

"A Very Knight of Succour." The turn'of ovents," concenimg the leasehold matteis, has placed Mr. Taylor in the public eye 'as its determined champion The cause that is almost lost, ii it can be squared with his convictions,"has an irresistible attraction for him, and is almost Bafo to secure him for its serv.ee No longer in this world ot suffragettes, aro thero damsels in distress (wey seem very able and \ery ready to look aftoi themselves now), but there are opwntrodden and deserted causes, and, for them, Mr. Taylor is' indeed a very Knight of ' succour. His, original amendment wherein he terms the pioposals for con-, ceding the rjght t of, purchase to Crown ten- i ■ ants as "palpably a subterfuge to capture ! votes supposed to be hdstile to the Govern- > JJ ent >'' in which 'it was proposed to give the people by means 6f a referendum vote the opportunity of saying whether any more Crown land should be sold or leased, was objected to by Mr. Laurenson on the score of the language used, although, he nevertheless "agreed with it in principle-still, & 3 it stood, he would not vote for it. Mr Lauronson must;hdve his pills nicely coated with sugar when they are for his own side Mr'Bussell afterwards mo\cd it jn a softened form, but it was lost by fifty votes to seventeen < The subject opens up to an unenlightened and possibly-since it cira think of such a thing—an unprincipled mind, the query Supposing the twenty one Opposition member's who voted against the leaseholders , had thrown in their lot with them, their combined votes woula have carried the day, and tho Governmentx,would hare had an adverse vote against thoWi f Inieuch'a case, does not a self-respecting Government go out ot office, and woula there not have been an open road for the Opposition? ,_ Of, course, such a somersault would haVo been cried out upon in stentorian tones all over tho land—the party of Reform, the party of Purity, had belied itself —but it would only have been lloing that which the Government t by its own behaviour and example has declared honourable and permissible to any party. A Right the Sky. Mr. Fowlds and Mr. Millar have had to endure a considerable amount of twitting on tho change of ,front of tho party of, which they aro such leading lights, and the [strong opinions they have given utterance to in former times in .favour- of the leasehold have been k™ed a.t them pitilessly. That is the worst of things 6poken in Parliament—the words are brought up to confront the unwary speaker r in plain black and nhite, and cannot be denied —ai substantial ghost.mado plain to all Lon" passages , we're, quoted by Hγ Tishcr agains"? Mr Fowlds, and did not one'of them run somewhat as follow —"One had as much right to soil a bit of ( the sky as to sell land" Mr Fishei also compared the Cabinet-room to a Maskelyne mystery—when a Minister entered the Cabinet he emerged transfoimed into aU sorts of strango unknown things After the speeches on the Bndget, it seemed very tame indeed to listen to the Hospitals Bill being discussedun committee on Thursday night. All,the scathing remarks, the de nunciatory opinions, or otherwise, that were expressed during the two previous ovenings were laid at rest, and menbers set to work 'discussing and amendifig various clauses of tho Bill most lndustrioaslj Parliament is now laying itself out tp get as many of the big measures passed before Christmas as possible, and Government bnsi nes3 now takes precedence on Wednesdays and Thursdays instead of private members *Bill< end .businesses as formerly. One rather won ders whether so much is missed after all, some of the Bills-treasured, no doubt by then o-H-ners as being such-that cannot fail to helj the country onwards and upwards m its pro gTfessivo march-have looked rather fearful anc wonderful, and no doubt would have vamshec into thin air after a brief and, biting oxposun in an nnlind critical atmosphere—like "snowi of yesterday. , That Irresponsible State Wagon, On Friday night the first item on fee Esti mates wa3 being discussed, and a great va nety of grouad was traversed. Tho casevo the motorman Barton, who was injured in th collision between the car he was driving am a steam lorry belonging to the State coa concern came in for a gioat deal of discussion somo of the members holding that, where th State was originally responsible for mjur done, it should hold the same position as ! private individual, and not tako shelter be fw # e w ri ?! ro t Sults Act Slr Joi *ph hel' that the Wellington corporation was entucl responsible for recompense as they were th employers, not the Government Talking o reducing oxponditure, Mr. Taylor s%id that b had intended brmgmg m a Bill that woul. bring the Governor into line with others wh jero suffering a rednction of salanes-a Bil that would reduce his salary by two thousana but, he had found that there were certai monies that Parliament had no control ovei