ABSENT POLITICIANS.
As a sidelight upon Parliamentary procedure which he considered rather staggering, Mr. A. J. Stallworthy, M.P. for Eden, quoted to a meeting of electors figures of attendances of Government members in the House during the progress of important debates. While the Reserve Bank Bill was bing debated, for instance,, he noted at various times attendances out of 47 Government members of 13, 15, 18, 14 and 16, rising as high as 23, and falling as low as’six’at 11.30 one, night. While the Prime Minister was speaking there were 12 present. “Yet at the ringing of the bell,” said Mr. Stallworthy, “these men come from anywhere and everywhere except their seats, where they might have heard the debate and come to an intelligent conclusion upon what they are going to vote about.”
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIX, Issue 155, 10 July 1934, Page 4
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