NEW LEFT WING

Patea Mail, 3 January 1940, Page 4

NEW LEFT WING

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF History still keeps on repeating itself. “yoeiaiisiu in Our Time’* was not invented by the Savage Ministry and the protests of to-day are mainly echoes of those heard in the reigns of John BaMuuce ami King iLCek don, writes Tom L, Mills from Feilding in, the “Evening Post.” W.;o nowadays remembers the sensational proposals of John McKenzie, Robert McNab, and Geo. How-ids, the yingletuxer, discipline of Bellamy ? Nor is'John A. Lee’s left wing movement something new under the sun, Political parties with large majorities in Parliament always sprout an extra something, Is it forgotten that XTcmier Heddon was given many anxious hours'* by the .flutterings of a strong and lively Left Wing? The chief feather in this appango of the Lib.-Lib. Party was Fred Pirani (known to Richard John B. m “The Wasp,” because of his sting). The member for Palmerston's fellow-feathers were Tommy Taylor, Frank Laurenson, Win. Hall-Jones, and Dr, Bedford, The Premier tempted F.B, with a scat in his Cabinet. Declined without thanks. Tie scat was then offered to the 1 member for Timaru —and H. J. thereafter enjoyed a very lengthy political career. His secession broke the Lef| Wing, but Fred Pirani remained The Wasp.