BILL BEFORE COMMONS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 2, 2 July 1926, Page 7

BILL BEFORE COMMONS

MENACING ATTITUDE OF

LABOUR

♦'THE WHOLE GANG OF YOU ARE

MURDERERS"

(United Press Association.—Copyright.) "; (Reuters Telegram.) (Received 2nd July, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Ist July. In the House of Commons the final stage of the Coal Mines Hours Bill opened menacingly. ' The Labpur member for Spennymoor (Durham), Mr. J. Batey, asked the, ' Speaker not to press the third reading declaring that if he did, no Ministerialist would be allowed to spealc. The Speaker said that his duty was to conduct the business of the House, and ho intended to do so. Mr! W.. C; Bridgeman, First Lord of . the Admiralty, then moved the third reading. He was repeatedly interrupted by Labour members, who accused him of provocation. Mr. Bridgeman said that he was defending the leader .of his party, who had been called a murderer and a liar. Mr. Jack Jones (Lab.), SiJvertown, interrupted: "You are a murderer." He refused to withdraw and left the House. As he did so he turned towards the Ministerialists, shouting: "The1 whole gang of you are murderers." Mr.:,Bridgeman was allowed to proceed irith his speech.