SNEERING REFERENCE
FEDERAL MEMBER'S WIFE
CHIVALRY AT CANBERRA
(Received 7th May, 10 a.m.)
CANBERRA, This Day.
There was a scene in the House of Representatives when Messrs. Parkhill and Gabb took exception to. what they called the sneering references made earJier- in the day by Mr. Beasley to Mrs. Lyons. ■
Mr. Eldridgc, speaking of Mrs. Lyons, asked the Government if the people could be, protected against the outbursts of "exiled Queens and Sairey Gamps."
The question was disallowed. ■ Mr. Parkhill declared that it was the. first time members had indulged in unchivalrous reference'to the statements of members'wives.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 11
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