MERELY A BLUR.
After the Prime Minister had moved last night tha-'t the House should agree with a long list of amendments of tho Legislative Council in the War Legislation Bill, and Mr. M'Combs had moved a disagreement with one of the proposals, a complaint cam© from a baclr. bench. "We have not the slightest conception <>f what is going on," 'remarked Mr. Lee (Oamaru)., We might as well be out in the main street." "It's a private matter," commented Mr. Forbes (Hurunui), ironically. Mj. Massey's voice tends to blur in the new chamber, even when he speak* loudly. His rapid utterance seems to form a complication of echoes, ivhicli double back on "one another. The Press Gallery was in the same plight as Sir. Lee, for the Legislative Council's amendments had not been circulated.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 6
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135MERELY A BLUR. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 6
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