" Why don't you stand for the borough?" asked a lady of her husband, who was suffering from an attack of gout. "Why should I, my dear?" " But I think you should," resumed his wife ; " your language and actions are truly parliamentary. When bills are fwesented, you either order them to be aid on the table or make a motion to rise ; though out of order you are supported by the chair, and often poke your nose jnto measures Avhich are calculated to destroy the constitution!"
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9222, 29 April 1908, Page 2
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