THE DIGNITY OF PARLIAMENT
MUCH has been made of Mr. J. B. Cotterill taking part in the debate in Parliament while he was attired in flannels and a blazer. Presumably Mr. Cotterill was called upon to take his part in the debate at short notice which precluded his changing to more appropriate attire. The dignity of Parliament was not much impaired by this innovation, but the same cannot be said concerning the Hon. Mr. P. Fraser’s reply to Mr. Coates when the latter asserted that the committee to decide the price to be paid for butter during the current season was tied hand and foot. Mr. Fraser’s reply to that assertion was as follows: “The only thing that is tied is the brain functioning of the right honourable gentleman.” The reply was cheeky, and consequently cheap and without point.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 6
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139THE DIGNITY OF PARLIAMENT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 6
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