A SLEEPLESS VIGIL.
LABOUR LEADER'S PLEA.
WANTS SOME REST.
THE PREMIER SYMPATHETIC
By Telegraph.—Special to Times. WELLINGTON, Thursday. The only question asked in Parliament to-day was one by the Leader of the Labour Party, Mr H. E. Holland, who asked; the Prime Minister if he would give 1 the House some idea of the sitting hours of the House. "There may be many members in the same position as myself," said Mi- HoUand; "For the last few nights I have had very little sleep, four hoUrs oh one night, five on the next, and hone last night. Are we going to sit after midnight to-night?" Mr Massey: ''l am only anxious to see a reasonable amount of. work done. If members get it through at a reasohable hour that ends it." Sir Holland: "You had no opposition from me." Mr R. Masters (Lib-Lab,, Stratford): "That's a good boy." Mr Massey: "I hope you will -follow his example. (Laughter.) It will not be my fault if the House sits after midnight."
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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170A SLEEPLESS VIGIL. Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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