COLOURED DEPUTY
PRESIDES IN CHAMBER. PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY. FRANCE’S FOREIGN POLICY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received February 26, 9.55 a.m. PARIS, Feb. 25. For tlie first time in French Parliamentary history, a coloured Deputy to-day presided in the Chamber, namely, M. Candace, member for Gaudeloupe, who was recently elected a Vice-President. The galleries were packed as soon as the doors opened. Excitement is running high, but the critical foreign affairs debate is not expected to reach the interesting stages before Saturday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 76, 26 February 1938, Page 9
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