"THE VILLAGE DONKEY."
LADY ASTOR REBUKED.
■ ",:.:■-:■. ~■;.; LONDON April 10. ; were lively passages in the Standing Committee's discussion of Lady Astor's Bill "making illegal the sale of intoxicants to . persons under 18 : years, for consumption on licensed premises. ; : The ; Bill passed its second reading /on ; March 9, by 338 votes to 56. iV -V .* r : -2 ? • An amendment exempting beer % and cider was /described by Lady Astor as a / "wrecking amendment." She added that all amendments seemed, to be purely.-for, , wrecking, except those in the name of Vl- " Mr. Remer," who seemed to be the village donkey." <! (Cries- of I" Order!") , \ The chairman rebuked Lady Astor, who withdrew her remark. " ,;.■■■. -~-, - .., «- ,„.'■"' The .amendment was-rejected by 87.' votes to 19. , , ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 7
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