OLD KING COAL

NZ Truth, Issue 1127, 7 July 1927, Page 6

OLD KING COAL

IT is not altogether correct to conclude that the Legislative Council . Is a resting place for merely grey and reverend seniors.- A few there are 'Who present an almost youthful appearance In the august gathering of patriarchs. . For instance, when W. H. Mclntyre makes his obeisance to the dignified figure on the Speaker's throne and strolls to his place, it is difficult to resist the impression that one of the . truculent labor members from another place has somehow wandered m by mistake. _ „, It is said that the late W. F. Massey was on top of a haystack when he received the fateful telegram summoning him to contest a seat m Parliament. It is not known whether a telegraph boy pushed his way into the murky depths of a coal mine to place m Mac's hands the telegram calling him to a seat m the "Lords." But it might have been so, for Mac. was a coal minerv-and, m fact, has never really forsaken his old occupation. . .. To take a humble worker from t»e grimy depths of a coal mine, place ; r him m the plush repose of the mighty J ■■ arid address him as "Honorable* smacks of the "Arabian Nights." Melntyre might well [marvel at snaih a turn m the wheel of fortune, but It has not turned his head. Between times it is the case with him of "boatnews as usual."