POLITICAL TOPICS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 7920, 18 August 1917, Page 2

POLITICAL TOPICS.

Taxing Racing.

During the course of hit the Budget debate, Mr G carton) waxed indignant all ' suggestion that racing shouWk He pointed out that last vp», by way of the totalisator 436. If that source of d( done away with where would? it from ? They could not the tea shops, “and I’m J sure,” he added, “that y ou SI it from the churches. ” OD I Plain English. “One of the most damnable I ever heard of,” said Mr fl i in the House, referring to it. '• £328, incurred in the cost, »„ authorised expenditure, of a Qtl trip for the opening of a new the Hanmer Sanatorium. Ti, e ~ he contemptuously declared 11 much better have been spent L' ing a cottage for some old pe r J might thus have been made tel able for the rest of his or h„, (Hear, hear). “ et Flowers of Speech. Some flowery phrases cm., from Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, House of Representatives, wW ing reference to the remarks In j W. Forbes last week in regard k renting bouquets to members j| net. Mr Hornsby said that |» prepared a list of flowers for the different Ministers, p. follows I : —Prime Minister, n and puff-balls; Minister of j pennyroyal, shower of gold, a J tive plant; Agriculture, bill and cornflower; Public Workij crop and sothemwood; M Anyselopsis Vietchii and an. monkey-puzzle; Defence, can Held marshal, and stinging , Marine and Health, fat hen, hound, and bleeding heart; Ed tl forget-me-not and love lies |,! a Native Race, heart’s ease, rsl |>uha; Munitions, vine leaves an lets; to be placed on the still, scat, love-in-a-mist; Attornp eral, crested dogtail and r poker.

Married v. Single. “The single public servant not receive the same as a matrii with a family receiving the sam ary.”—Mr G. Witty on the p ( war bonus for Public servant! Flat Fleet. ‘ ‘ If that is their only troubl not make them mounted men.' G. Witty on men who have bn jected for having flat feet.