Having sacked large numbers of civil servants, announced that there was no money for relief works, and declared that the Treasury was empty, Sir Francis Bell turns round and appoints five old political "has-beens" and "never--was-ers" to the Upper House, at a cost of some thousands per year to this hard-up country.' , , -'* VOICE OF DESPAIRING "OUT-OF-WORKS": "IF YOU CAN'T HELP US IN ANY OTHER WAY, SIR FRANCIS, FOR GAWD'B SAKE APPOINT US TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL!" "... . i ' . , NZ Truth, Issue 826, 10 September 1921, Page 1