DRY REICHSTAG MEETS AT 12.5 A.M.
NIGHT REVELLERS GATHER TO SEE TEETOTAL DEPUTIES; (United Press Assn.—By Electric' Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received December 17. 10.30 a.m.)\ BERLIN, December 16. \ The Reichstag, for the first time sine* 1902, assembled yesterday and at 12.fi a.m. for “a soda wXter sitting.” owing; to the President prohibiting alcoholic liquors at the restaurant in order' to* avoid a too-spirited debate on the I*ar-i liamentary Budget. The galleries were packed with nigh 4 revellers anxious to witness the spectacle of copipulsory teetotal deputies listening to the demand of the Finandgj Minister, Herr Hilferding, for an add* tional £2,500,000 to place Reich offi? cials level with the Prussian officials} It is predicted that the 1929 Budget! will be the most difficult since 1924, en-f tailing new taxes and a curtailment ofi expenditure.—Australian Press ation-United Service.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18639, 17 December 1928, Page 8
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