“GOVERNMENT talks OPTIMISM WITH CHATTERING TEETH”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 86, 2 July 1927, Page 1

“GOVERNMENT talks OPTIMISM WITH CHATTERING TEETH”

BUN'S Parliamentary Reporter.)

WELLINGTON, Friday. What he called the “Socialisc tendencies of the present r«l ernment ” were the subject of by Mr. J. A. Lee in the A ? Use e P r esentatives to-night, «n he alleged that the GovernDif.lu ad P p oved Socialistic in the m*«r ase °* *6e e Wera settlement, near Gisborne. l, a scornful interjection from r ‘Coates, Mi. Lee said: “I wish tell; socialise political in--Benc - We would have a tte P Government.” th' Fraser: You would have ev^r ® rea test failure of Socialism Lee likened the Govern"t to a young man frightened 2* ® Slost story, and when asked * ther he were frightened said th. . Slave the show away by 'pattering of his teeth. It Government,” said Mr. I *' "'* talking optimism with its ii , shattering.” He then faceiu “*'y recalled the effort to re'e Pablie expenditure by spend- "* °n gramophones. They tl,, , p °bahly all speaking off the ame record. (Laughter.) " r -Fraser: His Master’s Voice!