SCENE IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY.
A scene occurred m the Legislative Assembly this evening, when the Insolvency Bill came up for the second reading. In the course of the debate, Mr Melville referred to the Chid Commissioner of Insolvent Estates as an " old woman," and said there was no greater. sympathiser with insolrent scoundrels than that officer. Mr Toohey, member for Sydney, objected to the language used; on which the Speaker ruled Mr Melville out of order. The latter openly defied the ruling of the Speaker, and was supported by the Premier, who condemned the ruling, A division wait called for, but the Speaker withdrawing his ruling, the motion was not pressed, and the lecdnd reading of the Onsolvency Bill was agreed to.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1680, 6 October 1887, Page 2
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125SCENE IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1680, 6 October 1887, Page 2
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