A SPRIG OF SHAMROCK
INSULTS HURLED AT SIR HAMAR GREENWOOD. SCENE IN COMMONS. Australian and V.”. r '’bG i ='=->''i-Hon. LONDON, March 17. There were disorderly scenes at question time in tho House of Commons. Sir Hamar Greenwood (Chief Secretary for Ireland) appeared with a Rprig of shamrock in hie buttonhole. Air Kenworthv shouted: “Why are you wearing the shamrock?” and Mr Macrreagh cried: “Take out that Shamrock. It's an insult to Ireland.” Sir Hamar Greenwood replied that he hoped the beneficent influence of the great Saint would permeate IroThere was continued disorder through the members’ refusal to withdraw insulting expressions directed to Sir Hamar Greenwood.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10853, 19 March 1921, Page 8
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106A SPRIG OF SHAMROCK New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10853, 19 March 1921, Page 8
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