THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 1, 1 July 1925, Page 5

THE DAY IN PARLIAMENT

Ltgklatire Conncillon, who are not p«id at orertdme rates, worked harder than th» mm "Commons" yesterday; in ftci, tbty w«« going from morning till late at night, or rather, what to regarded ai being late at night for Legislative Councillors. The Imprest Supply Bill, which occupied over three hours and a half in getting through tha House, was passed by the "Lords" in as many minutes, and they spent the rest of the day until 9 p.m. lamenting the death of former legislators and fellow-member*. In the House the piece de'resistance was the Address-in-Eeply debate, which was opened by the new member for Franklin (Mr. E. D. M'Lennan), whose speech, coming from a farmer, naturally, smacked for the most part of farming interests. Mr. M'Lennan spoke for ,a little over half an hour, and his remarks were clearly and smoothly delivered. He was followed by Mr. R. P. Hudson (Motueka), who covered a somewhat wider range of subjects than Mr. M Lenman, and capped his fifty minutes effort by assailing "go slow," rousing the Labour members to'punctuate his speech with interjections, and concluding by signifying his willingness to assist any movement which would provide fondsior the deportation of malcontents. There were only two speeches and the business of the evening concluded at 9.10 p.m.