ALL NIGHT SITTINGS IN THE HOUSE.
(To the Editor.) Sir,—Mr Hutchison's proposal-to take steps to prevent business being done An the House after midnight deserves the praise of every intelligent thinker. The demon of drink is bad enough but the demon of sleeplessness is worsS, and when members are sitting up h««' gling till daylight, what progressive lee' islation can electors possibly expect t? see passed. ' , I think Mr Wilson, member for Wellington city, also made similar pr°P°" sals on this same subject, for doubtless members know from experience they;©*0 * not do without 'Nature's sweet restore* balmy sleep,' to enable them to carry op the daily duties of life successfullyEven gamblers and dancers admit tnfl their pleasures after a certain time «*•• come nauseous, so what must duty come after a surfeit. Hoping t0 39. " something done practically in this mat* ter, and before long too. let me W gest the > Eight Hours Bill as a Jo° remedy.—l am, etc., ' EARNEST HOP*-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1898, Page 2
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