WHO'S WHAT AND WHAT'S WHO IN PARLIAMENT.

NZ Truth, Issue 902, 10 March 1923, Page 6

WHO'S WHAT AND WHAT'S WHO IN PARLIAMENT.

(Compiled from' more or less Reliable Sources.) Bartram (Freddy). — He of the sunshine smile. Ready to insure the Labor Party at a substantial premium. Hobbies: Matrimony, getting up early, and going to bed late. Parry (Bill). — Distant relative of Mr. Knyght Birde, with a quite undemocratic physical verandah. Parts his remaining hair very carefully several times a day. Hobbies: A soft voice and flag-trampling. Howard (Teddy). — The Beamster. Grllllg ahd always ghing and gymbling m the wabe. Keeps a flock of mome raths to outgrabe. A political person of placid potentialities. Known as "Uncle," not from any pawnbroking tendencies, but for his promiscuous adoption of all casual childhood. Hobbies: Kids and domesticity. Forbes (George). — Stalwart and sturdy. The modern,, Rock of Ages cleft for Wilford. Farms a lump of Cheviot when he has the time and inclination. Hobbies: Whips and- land tenures.

Rhodes (Sir Heaton). — Distilled gentility expressed m the language of flowers. Exudes courtesy with all the wealth of a mineral gusher. Always says the right thing at the right time. Hobbies: Much flne gold ahd daffodils. Wright (Robert A.). — Not as raw as his initials would suggest. Bags as many offices with emoluments attached to them as he can comfortably pack m his old kit-bag. A bit of everything and not much of anything. Hobbies: Tea fights and keeping his pockets well-buttoned. Strong on hird imitations. Lysnar (William Douglas). — What makes more noise than a pig under a gate? No suggestion that "Douglas, Douglas, tender and true" does anything porcine but squeal. Can talk sense but won't. . Hobbies: Musty quotations and rats. Field (William H.).— Always looking for fresh ones. Seldom goes gay him - i self. A sombre solicitor who cultivates | Maori lore and law. Been on various sides of politics so as to try them all out. Reforms everything he touches. Hobbies: Tikis, jades and rail-sitting. Hawken (Oswald J.). — Colossal aa his pet mountain and nearly as silent. Knows on which side his bread is buttered and is always willing to provide butter for others — at a price. Ponderous political person. Hobbies: Cows and butter-fat. Statham (Charlie).— Another limb of the law. Unqualified courtesy. Preaches the Gospel of Precedent and Worships at the Shrine of What-May-have-been. Incapable of making a mistake. Says so himself. Hobbies: Speaker's chairs and any other old furnishments. Specialist m wigs and gowns. Masters (Bob).— Liberal m girth, politics and pocket. Sublimated essence of general cheerfulness. Has been known to go to Church. Hobbies: Stratford and "Bob" Masters. Nash (James A.). — Goatee-bearded and saturnine. Holds more offices on 'local and other bodies than any other known hunter of publicity. Hobbies: Kissing babies, judging babies and playing bowls. Sullivan (Dan).— The' larrikin of the Labor Party. Can speak a good piece and holds New Brighton m the hollow of his hand. Riots cheerfully through his political life. Hobbies: Old clothes and juggling with figures. (To be Continued.)