FROM THE STONEWALL.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 2027, 17 September 1913, Page 5

FROM THE STONEWALL.

AN AUCKLAND MEMBER. The Post gives pome amusiug incidents of the stonewall Mr T. M Wilford set out with extraordinary seriousness to disclose the multifarious - uties of the assistant medical officer to whom it was propose' to give £3OO per year. He dwelt eloquently on this officer's responsibility. "Consider t e man," invited the member for Hntt, "who thinks he is a poac"e ! egg, and w>o is look ing for a piece of toast to sit ('own on! Take the man win wheels a bar ow upsie down, fearing if he turns it the rig' t up, somebody would pet bricks into it. Take the man who cuts the lawn 'nil forlorn'; take the man who is cnltivating t' e garden— oing work that is infra nig " A fresh flow of inspiration came to the ton gentleman, wo let Lis fancy rnn tree "Ploughing a lonely firrow," ha crio • with laughter gur ling in his throat—"ploughing of a wet morning with nom leskius It is ridiculo s unless he is a Highlander in kilts " The problem of drying clothes, especially the wet moleskins, next captured the fancy of the member for Hutt. He proceeded to play wit : the duties of the carpenter, j the laundryman and the • ainter "A joint of order," cried Mr KosTort'iy, who wanted to know whaf laundry-work »a J to do with the mass r before the committee. The Chairman r.l?d Mr Wilfarj in order.

"I am sorry," said Mr Wilford, "that 1 have"raised the 'mortuary curate' fr rn his lair." Ha t'ipn referred to the interruption as "senseless and idiotic " On demau * to wit-draw, he substituted, "sensible interruptions," and concluded by advising the Minister to instruct the painter to paint all t l> e ro.'ms of the instituti io bine—except the round room, which he woall have lone in pink.