SPEAKER AN» REPORTER.
THE AUTOCRATIC WILLIS.
ROYAL COMMISSION INQUIRY. (Received Jan. 13, 8.17 a.m.) SYDNEY, Jan.. 12. A large mass of correspondence was submitted to the Royal Commission- of inquiry into the dispute between Speaker Willis and Mr Robinson, bead ot the Hansard staff.
In the course of a lengthy statement Mr Willis said that Mr Robinson had been in the habit of controlling previous Speakers, and members objected to him exercising authority over the Speaker. Mr Robinson's suspension rested upon his insubordination in not carrying out instructions and writing letters derogatory, belittling, and disrespectful to the head of his department. Mr Robinson read a long reply, claiming that he had not flouted the Speaker, but had implicitly obeyed all his instructions. The inquiry was adjourned.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120113.2.24.2
Bibliographic details
Northern Advocate, 13 January 1912, Page 5
Word Count
126SPEAKER AN» REPORTER. Northern Advocate, 13 January 1912, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northern Advocate. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in