A REMARKABLE PLEA

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 19, 22 July 1925, Page 5

A REMARKABLE PLEA

Contrary to his usual practice, the the inembov for Christcnurch North (Mr. L. M. Isitt) put in a plea in the House of Kepresentatives last night, in the course of the discussion on the Weights and Measures Bill, for the man who indulgas in tha "spot"- or the "pint." "Those people who poison their liver and suffer from fatty degeneration of the heart by drinking beer or whisky are entitled to some consideration," pleaded Mr. Isitt. "I understand some members, when they go for a drink, call for a spot. Why doesn't the Minister defiua the size of that spot? Now, a» to the pint of_ale—is that a flat measure or is it a froth measure? I understand that there are sometimes two inches difference between the flat measuro and tha frdth measure. I am sure the Minister, in his dcfl'i'e to protect the weaker members of the human family, has overlooked that trade which needs to ba donlt with most. He ought to define s*ictly the size of a spot and the real amount thafc is contained in a pint of ale." (Laughter.) Mr. Holland said it was interesting to see Mr. Isitt so anxious that the whisky drinker got more for his "spot." Mr. Isitt; "I did not say that." Mr. Holland : "If there is any logic in the hon. member's argument, that's what it means. He means the "spotter" to get full measure." (Laughter.)