A SLEEPY HOUSE.
WHEN TARIFFS ARE MADE. AWAKENED BY THE BELL, Art interesting sidelight on Parliamentary methods was related in Sydney last week to members of the Master Builders' Association by Mr. A. Howie, the president, when voicing a protest against the recent imposition of the timber tariff. "I was at Canberra in the House 01 Representatives," said Mr. Howie, "when the measure was being dealt with late at night. There were eight members in the chamber at the time. One of these was speaking, another was listening and the remaining six were lying asleep on the benches. When the oali for the division came bells soundec? all over the House and members, aron&ad from their slumbers, trooped into the chamber. Ihey heard nothing of the argu but they voted. ' "That," continued Mr. Howie with emphasis. "is what we call 'modern democracy.' "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19832, 30 December 1927, Page 12
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142A SLEEPY HOUSE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19832, 30 December 1927, Page 12
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