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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5777, 22 January 1897, Page 2

Stonewalling has in tho past been regarded purely as a parliamentary institu tion, but ifc was, saya tho Otago Daily Times, inevitable that the Education Board, the membership of which lias always included a fair proportion of present andpiospectivo politicians, should sooner or later havo tho practico introduced at its meotings. On Wednesday tlio first stonowall was set up at tho Board, and thoso who took a hand in its construction exhibited an aptitude for tho work that Mr R. Lf. Seddon, Mr 11. S. Fish, and Mr W. 11. Rees might, boforo tho ora of tho timo limit, almost havo regarded witlv envy. Mr John Macgregor and Mr .1. J. Ramsay found themselves in a minority in tlio afternoon on tho question of tho selection of candidates to bo " sout dowii " to a school committee, and MiRamsay — doubtless having in view tho timo whon ho will, as lio predicts, sit in Parliament, and onjoy larger opportunities for tho oxcroiso of his skill in masonry — instituted a Btonowall which ho resumed in tho evoning. 'Boforo lio concludod roinforcomontfl appeared in tho porson of Mr P. 'li. li'mser, nowly elected a member of tho 'Board. Mr Macgregor took up tho running whon Mr Ramsay had dono, and, as houamo a parliamentarian, showed marked ability foi' ono Avho is at hest an amateur. Ko f/uotod voluminously from regulations and tesUmoniala, and aftor speaking for throo hours and thirty-fivo minutoH was still going strongly whon tho witching hour of night having arrived a compromißO botweon tho two sidos waß I arrived at.