MR. CHICK'S REMOVAL FROM THE HOUSE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13226, 11 July 1906, Page 6

MR. CHICK'S REMOVAL FROM THE HOUSE.

A VIOLENT INTERLUDE.

•' INFAMOUS AND BLACKGUARDLY'

LANGUAGE."

MR. Wood, in the New South ..Wales A*-; 'Mmblv on Wednesday, June" 4, row to ma**;. a > person*! explanation. •' Mr.' : Crick bad accused a gentleman'who was associated with the pre**, and could not defend' hires-elf. with having misrepresented hb':tttt«r*nc*s. in the columns of the Melbourne' Age reading »n attack which Mr. Crick bad made on himself. . Mr.' Crick" had' been •■ represented .■ »* calling him a cow," whereas he had called j,; m a coward. Ho (Mr. Wood) had had his attention drawn to the report hi question, and also to that of the Argus, and in neither paper did a word of the attack on himself appear. Mr. Crick - and ■ otters in; the House had been accusing everyone, calling people by all kinds of foul epithets, irrespective of truth, and using most infamous blackguardly language. (Hear, hear,) The-e were nice expressions to be used in Parliament by those who were considered to be the elect of the people. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman had called by » foul name a man whose misfortune . :*- was, by virtue of his position, to have, to listen to the remarks of such a cowardly assailant- If members had no regard for their position or for the Parliament or for their responsibilities, they should at leash have some regard for human nature. (Hear, hear.) Ho did not want, to indulge, in heroic-. He merely wished to do. justice in this matter. Mr. Crick: i saw this in the pre.*?, and I will produce the paper. I made a mistake in the paper. • ».•■-" Mr. Woods Ha did not accuse the ton. member of deliberately misleading Parliament bv tellinsr a lie. _ . Mr. Crick: I think I did mis-state the name- of the paper. Mr. Wood: Mr. Crick had referred to an individual in the terms ho hail mentioned. Ho warned the hon. member that if the Speaker failed to protect him against the hon. member's insults he would put him (Mr. Crick) out of the door. Ho did not want to get himself into trouble, but ho would do it. Ho would not allow anyone to insult him. The Speaker: Order. _ Mr. Crick: I .-ay that such a blackguardly (thing should not be tolerated. Mr. Wood: You cannot deter me. Mr. Crick rose to interject. The Speaker: I have warned the hon. member for Blayn'ey that 1 will not tolerate auy interruption. Mr. Wood went, on to deal with the. speech of the Minister for Lands. He said that lie was prepared to congratulate the Government on the fact that. the Minister was determined to take action at, once with regard to those leases which were illegally granted,' Where any acts had been done outside, the provision of the law he would like to see those acts made litigatory. He did not ear© whether they applied'to tae Lands Department, the Works Department or tlio Department of Justice;' Mr. Crick (loudly): Hear, hear. Mr. Wood: With reganf to the : leases granted in defiance, of the 1903 Act a clause had been put in by the Upper House at the instigation of the Minister for Lands. Mr. Crick (rising): Mr. SpeakerMr. Wood attempted to resume his speech, but Mr.' Crick again rose. The Speaker: Sergeant, remove the hon. member; l . The Sergeant-at-Arms approached Mr. Crick, who remarked, " I will go out without removal." Mr. Wood: ,T would rather the lion, gentleman stayed and listened to what l bayo to say. .-.. \';.' Mr. Crick: The suggestion was that I instigated the inclusion of the clause. Mr. Crick then left the chamber.