LONG SPEECH IN HOUSE.
PRIME MINISTER'S TASK. OVER TWO HOURS OCCUPIED. [by tej,i;gharir.—special reporter.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. Our of I lio longest, speeches in recent Parliamentary history was made hy (lie Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, in speaking on the no-confidence amendment in the Budget debate in the Jlousc this afternoon. No preliminary business was taken, with the result that Sir Joseph began his speech a few minutes after the House met at 2.30. p.m., and, granted an extension after 11is first hour, lie spoke in all for two hours and ten minutes. Naturally such a task required a large sheaf of notes and one large collection bound with red tape was said by Sir Joseph to conlain a month's correspondence anrl cablegrams in connection with the raising of the January loan. At one stage the Speaker interrupted Hie Prime Minister for reading his speech, but Sir Joseph said he had only abbrevia led notes. As some of Sir Joseph's subject matters bristled with figures (ho Leader of the Opposition, Mr. Coates, suggested I lie Prime Minister should be allowed some latitude, and the Speaker did not again intervene.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20341, 23 August 1929, Page 13
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