"INFANT IN THE HOUSE"

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 103, 28 October 1932, Page 12

"INFANT IN THE HOUSE"

MR. HARGEST CRITICISED

Exception to remarks made by the member for Invercargill (Mr. j. Hargest) concerning the attitude of the Labour Party to previous legislation was taken by Mr. "W. E. Parry (Labour, Auckland Central) in1 the course.of the Buget debate in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.

"I know that the honourable gentleman is an infant in the House yet,'^ said Mr. Parry, "and that he is in his political swaddling clothes. There are many things he has to learn."

Mr. Hargest, he said, was one of the most inconsistent members of the House. He had wriggled very well indeed.

Mr. Parry referred to an election dodger headed "Stopping a Rumour," in which it was .said that rumour was current that Mr. Hargest supported reduced wages. Mr. Hargest had dodged into the House.

• Mr. R. Semple (Labour, Wellington East): He dodged into the lobbies.

Mr. Parry: Yes, to reduce wages, and pensions and social services. He has stood for practically every reduction that has come before the House.

Mr. Parry suggested that Mr. Hargest might give greater consideration to questions before speaking.

Mr. Hargest interjected, remarking that he thought the dodger did not refer to the last election.