PARLIAMENTARY LIFE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 111, 12 May 1936, Page 6

PARLIAMENTARY LIFE

ADDRESS RY MR. COTTERILL INTERESTING AND TIRING WORK i A dc-G-iipliuit u[ the working of Parlliamvnt and bis experiences as a new [member were given by Mr. .1. B. U'otter’.ll. 51. P. for Wanganui, in replying jtu a least at the annual smoke con•ci t >.-r the Wanganui Gas Workers ' ll nion 'jn Saturday night. i Mr. t'otieriil said that he found work lin Pari ament interesting, although it iuas tiring ;-j times. In Parliament one js<n..i gained a wonderful fund of inhuniiajiiii and he uus certain that •alter 12 months’ service he would haw • gained a. comprehensive knowledge of ithc Itomin’jui’s requirements. The jGowrnment hail a large number of outIslanding grievances lu deal with. I Mr. l A .tcrill said that there va> a pic-sing need f"i' a new post office ami thi- matter had nou been placed on Ithc c-iimatr.-. The Minister of Jus-hi'-e had also promised that the ques- : on of providing the 'dty with a new police station would be considered when funds permitted. I Mr. »\,tterill said that in the New Zealand Parliament there was an absence of the scenes which were features of Parliaments in other countries. Au-iraliaij visitors frequently expressed their amazement at the smooth manner in which Parliament i ran sa<• ted its busi n css. ‘‘ We arege tLe t rd and we haw only been in power i>w mouths. We haw put through mid* leg slation in that lime than any Ipii v tu- Gm ernmerit has done within a -unilai period. We want the cooperation of lhe prop e for this is esI'eniial fir the good government ot Zealand."’ j Ebe (iowrnmvui. -aid Mr. • olierili i lain business num n ho wished to as.-asi I their employees by gix ing them a betIter share of the products of their inI dustrv. The Government fell that it | would be aide to give the propie o2 (the Domin’on a higher standard o: I living than 'they bad ever had beiore I The legislation which was being siiapcu Iby tire Government bad this end ii: I Mr. IMiirrill .-aid that he had been • asked when be intended to make h i I maiden speech in the House. He was in no hurry to speak for be was work j ing hard and fell, that action spekt I louder than words. He had been en j gage J on railway investigations for tlu •past four months and he was sure that | the reports that were to be tablet I would contain valuable information.