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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 1 July 1924, Page 6

The absence of Mr F. J. liolleston, member for Timaru, from the Government caucus is the most talked of event to-day (says the Parliamentary correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times”). Members are allowed to draw their own conclusion, for Mr Rolleston, though a political tyro, can keep his own counsel and nobody has been able to definitely ascertain whether his action was' significant. It may be another instance of the recent remarkable development which prompts certain members whose party allegiance is not questioned to decline attendance at caucus. Mr Harris (Waitemata), Mr Potter (Roskill) and Sir John Luke (Wellington North), are said' to be among the number -who regularly stay away from the Government caucus. Then there are definite Independents, Messrs Witty, Bell and Poland, who have their own room though no party organisation, and Mr Isitt, whose position as a pledged supporter of the Government on a no-confidenco motion if the alternative to Reform moans Labour, in a position to dictate, has resulted in his decision not to attend Liberal meetings, though he maintains si rong Liberal'principles.