IN PARLIAMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1196, 3 August 1911, Page 5

IN PARLIAMENT.

-♦■ DAILY SUMMARY. MORE ADDRESS-IN-REPLY SPEECHES, Both Houses weio again occupied yesterday with their Address-in-Reply debates. In the Council, the Hon. AV. W. M'C'ardle spoke at same length, Tho Hon. J. Rigg was coolly sarcastic on the subject of titles. His idea was to place such things within reach of the million, bo that people would cease to valno them. The saino member raised the subject of the Coronation invitations to Councillors, stating that if the. newspaper version of tho affair was correct, those who sent the invitation had been treated with indignity. If, on the other hand, statements in the press were not true, he contended that they should be officially contradicted. The debate for the most part proceeded on stereotyped linos. l Mr. Macdohald, the Government Whip, who resumed tho discussion in the House, appeared to be speaking from a sense of official duty. Mr. Lawry, who followed, frankly admitted himself a culprit for taking up the time of the House, but he talked away with much of his old gaiety. The debate was evidently being kept going for the convenience of the Government. Tho next debater, Mr. Poole, put into Hansard the objections to hereditary titles, which he voiced so emphatically during, the recess. ' One passage in Mr. Poole's speech created a very unpleasant impression. Ho professed himself dissatisfied with Mr. Massey's withdrawal of tho 'allegations. Jnado by him last session in regard to the late Mr. T. E. Taylor. Mr, Poole wanted something more than a withdrawal, but it was clear that he was quite alone in this demand. The real feeling of the House in regard to Mr. Massey's action had been expressed the night before by his particularly keen opponent, Mr..'Fowlds, and members were sorry to witness an attempt to revivo the-subject. The speeches generally wore on miscellaneous and not unfamiliar lines. Mr. Malcolm, however, devoted his hour to Imperial questions,. and Mr. Luke, taking the cue from him, spoke very plainly about Sir Joseph Ward's omission to inform the House beforehand on the 'proposals ho made at the Imperial Conference. After Mr. E.. H. Taylor had spoken, Mr. Stallworthy moved the adjournment, thus securing tho right to resume the debate this afternoon. It is net unlikely that the Address-in-Reply debate in tho House, which has been kept going by tho 'Ministerialists, \rill como to an end to-day or to-morrow. Four Government measures—The Auckland University College Sito Bill, Patents, Designs and Trado Marks Bill, Sale of Poisons Bill, and Registration of numbers Bill—were introduced by Governor's Message, and read a first time.