PARLIAMENT EMBARRASSED
(Received 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, October 30. An amusing error marked the prorogation of Parliament. The acting Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Onslow, after reading the King’s speech, declared Parliament dissolved Instead of waiting for the clerk to read the Royal Commission authorising prorogation. The Speaker and the rest of members of the House of Commons, after a moment’s hesitation and embarrassment, bowed and began to withdraw, when the Earl realised his mistake, and called them bacck. He then went through the correct procedure.
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Northern Advocate, 31 October 1936, Page 8
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