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EXTENSION REFUSED.

SPEAKER IN THE HOUSE. MR McDOUGALL’S RETORT. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 3. Extensions of speaking time in the Address-in-Reply debate have been liberally given this session, but there was an exception to-night, the victim being Mr D. McDougall (Mataura), who has in former sessions objected to the practice. He had severely criticised the Government in respect of Wheat Board transactions and still had a slieaf of unused notes when the Speaker’s bell rang, indicating that he had only five minutes remaining. The Opposition, which had heartily applauded much of the speech, moved for an extension of time. Mr A. D. McLeod, when the question was put, indicated dissent, and as unanimity is required Mr McDougall accepted the position, remarking “I did not get an extension of time, and I want to make this plain, that while I am in the House no other member will get it.” Mr F. Langstone, the speaker who followed, expressed regret that Mr McLeod, who had himself enjoyed the courtesy, refused it to another member. “To my mind,” ho added, “it shows had taste on behalf of a member who was once a Minister of the Crown to take such a narrow, unjustifiable attitude towards' another member.”

The incident will materially shorten the debate. Future speeches are likely to be strictly limited to half an hour. Some members have spoken for one and a-half hours.

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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 6

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EXTENSION REFUSED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 6

EXTENSION REFUSED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 263, 4 October 1933, Page 6

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