N.S.W. Parliament.
THE RECENT SCENES. ACTION FOR DAMAGES. HON. MR WIS 10 BEFORE HIS CONSTITUENTS. " BURNING FEELING OF SHAME AND DISCOURAGEMENT." [FEB TBKSS ASSOCIATION. —COrYBIQHT.J (Received February 25, 2.45 p.m.) Sydney, This day. It is stated that tlie Reform Club intend to tako notice of the Dibbs-Garrett scene in the House on Thursday, both being members of tho Club. Mr Garrett has served a writ on Mr Dibbs for £10,000 daniagos for accusing him of drunkenness. In order to tost the grounds for tho Charge, Mr Garrett proposes that Mr Dibbs will waive tho plea of privilege, which as a member of Parliament he is entitled to raise. He will pay all costs of the action. Mr Dibbs has not made any reply, and it is thought improbable that ho will accept the challenge. Tho late Attorney-General, Mr B. R. Wise, referring to the recent discreditable episodes in the House in tho course of a speech to his constituents, said nono who had been in the House during the past, week could leave it without a burning feeling of shame and discouragement almost amounting to despair. Obscene language was freely used.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5154, 25 February 1888, Page 3
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191N.S.W. Parliament. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5154, 25 February 1888, Page 3
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