LABOUR LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR.
FURORE CREATED
QUEENSLAND ASSEMBLY SCENE
( Received 8 a.m.)
BRISBANE, Jan. S
The appointment of Mr Lennon, a* member of the Labour Party, as Lieu-tenant-Governor of Queensland, produced a scene, in the Assembly.
Mr Barnes, ex-Treasurer, expressed strong disapproval, on the ground that Mr Lennon had endorsed disloyal utterances made by the Cabinet, Mr Barnes adding: "And now, forsooth, he is thrown upon the State as Lieuten-ant-Governor on the recommendation of this Government."
The Chairman ordered Mr Barnes to withdraw the words, but he refused, -was thereupon suspended, and left tho House amid cries of protest against the stifling of free speech. — A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 9 January 1920, Page 5
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