SPRINGINESS—AND THEN SLEEP.
Early in the debate on the second reading of the Repatriation Bill last night members were agog to catch the Speaker's eye. They.sprang up six at a time, e&ger to express gratitude to the men who had saved the State. As the clock ticked on, the fervour wore off. Ap member* finished their Hansardising they deemed their duty done, and many quietly slipped away. At 1.20 this morning the attendance was ten, including two Ministers, one of whom was.asleep. One group of benches (with seating foi' twenty-four members) had not a single occupant. At 1.30 the Ministerial benches had the same two. Ministers — one still deeply asleep and the other
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 6
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