THE LAST RESORT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 650, 29 October 1909, Page 3

THE LAST RESORT.

Sir,—l crave your indulgence, sir, to ask if you or any of the readers of your valuable paper, can inform me if a duly naturalised subject of the King has the Tight to appear before the Bar of the House and ask for redress. I have exhausted my legal" remedies, and there seems no other course open' to mo. I may state, sir, that I have been a petitioner to the. House, and tho subject matter of my petition was, in the usual course, referred to a committee of the House, and the said committee reported unanimously that I should bo placed in a position to obtain the redress I sought. I may add the House formally and without division adopted the report of the committee. I have been informed that in' Great Britain any subject of the King can claim the right to appear before the Bar of the House to state his grievance, and to claim redress. I wish, to ascertain, sir— (a) Whether this privilege, if it exists, can be claimed and exercised by one' in my position in this Dominion. (b) What are the necessary preliminary steps that I must tako before appearing at tho Bar. of the House, > _ ■ ■■ Thanking you in anticipation.—l am, etc., ENQUIRER. Our correspondent can be heard at tho Bar of the House, provided lie /» (1) Petitions the House. (2) That tho committee recommends that tho potitionor be heard at the Bar of the House; and (3) That the House agrees with tho report and fixes tho day and hour when lie can appear either personally' or by counsel at tho Bar, and address the Speaker and members.

A singular electric'plant is said to growin the forests of India; Plucking its leaves gives a shock, and it affects a magnetic needle twenty feet away. Tho energy ,is grcatost at about two o'clock in.llio afternoon, nearly disappearing at night. The intensity often increases greatly in storms. A bright young Kaffir,'just for run, ' Sneezed down tho barrel of a gnn; And just to seo how things would go, He pressed the trigger with his toe. A basketful of his remains Was gathered from adjacent plains;, And now his tribe, you may be sure, When they have colas us« Woods' Peppermint Cure.—Adit* . u