N.S.W. POLITICS

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3450, 26 November 1932, Page 5

N.S.W. POLITICS

STORM IN ASSEMBLY. LABOUR MEMBER'S TIRADE. One of those sharp, unexpected storms, which occasionally break out in Parliament, completely upset what was otherwise a most tranquil sitting, says a Sydney paper. The force of it lifted Mr. Hamilton Knight, the Labour member for Hartley, right out of the Chamber into Macquarie Street, so to speak. Mr. Knight rose on the adjournment of the House further to discuss the now rather shop-worn subject of the food relief position in Lithgow and other centres of his 6lG(?tOV<ltG The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) patiently and painstakingly retraced the history of the dispute between the Government and the storekeepers, pointed out how the Govei-nment was meeting the situation, and began to explain the conditions at Wallerawang, when he was noisily interrupted. "Give us the facts," yelled Mr. Knight, again and again. "Order!" barked the Speaker. "If the hon. member continues to interrupt I will have him removed." "Telling Half-truths." "I will not sit here and listen to him telling half-truths," retorted Mr. Knight. The Speaker: I will not . . . "Sergeant, remove the hon. member," shouted the Speaker. As Mr. Knight rose to go, the Minister for Labour (Mr. Dunningham) sat forward on his bench and declared loudly: "You haven't a case. This is so that you can get a little publicity." "You come outside with me," hotly retorted Mr. Knight, as he suffered himself to be escorted out by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The highlight of the debate on the second reading of the Moratorium Bill was a very critical speech by the Country Party member for Clarence (Mr. Henry). So critical was his speech that the Government Whip (Mr. Shand) was constrained tartly to observe to Mr. Henry: "You ought to go over to the other side."