The Minister For Lands.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XX, Issue 3548, 14 January 1897, Page 2

The Minister For Lands.

The Dunedin Star says, apropos of tfl Minister of Lands There is an J|| proverb somewhat to tbe effect, oifl more vulgarily expressed, that melodiofl sounds can hardly bo expected to lB uttered by animals that aro not built tifl way. People, it may bo presumed, kifl long ceased either to bo surprised startled at anything the present of Lunds muy say, or at his utter setti* I at defiance the roles of decorum and go 'Jj! taste. Under tho protection of Pari H mentary privilege the honourable gent I man . has used language on sevt:; I occasions during receut sessions wbict: I wholesome fear of consequences, and personal, manifestly prevented bi 1 from addressing outside the wall ofti 9 Legislative Chamber to tho persons iil uogußtifiat/ly and ooaissly attacked. Eni H ihe Supreme Court Bench haß not b» I sale from virulence, the learned and mM scrupulously conscientious Judge * 1 presides over this district having be> M contemptuously stigmatised by this Mt jj ister of the Crown beoause, in his judici I capacity, ho was constrained to mw | remarks which reflected somewhat s J verly upon the private business transacts of a member of tbe Government. . , I It ia to be hoped that tho fl Hoose of Representatives will keep 1 E| M'Kenzie to his bearings, and let b J know at once that he had better refn M from hectoring and bullying, and keept J tongue under control. He is like :i enough, we conceive, to meet his mat $ in certain honourable gentlemen oatMtl Opposition benches now again returned Parliament, who are by no means meal $ mouthed, and will certainly stand i nonsense.”