FEDERAL POLITICS.
STONEWALL IN THE HOUSE,
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE MACE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received May 22, 11 p.m.)
MELBOURNE, May 22. In the Federal House a stonewall against the Bill abolishing preference to unionists in the public service was maintained throughout last night and continues. During an adjournment for the official luncheon to the Governor-General the mace mysteriously disappeared from the table of the House. A protracted search was unavailing. (Received May 23, 12.1 a.in.) ' The mace reappeared on the table. It dropped from the place where a practical joker had hidden it under the Ministerial bench. The Non-preference to Unionists Bill was read a second time on the casting vote of the Speaker. The sitting continues.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16558, 23 May 1914, Page 11
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