A DISCONCERTING RETORT.
One of the Socialist members of the British Columbia Legislature, Mr J. U. Hawthorthwatte, a Lancashire man. but with Irish blood in bis veins, is t&e possessor of s. ready wit. addressing a meeting of rough colliers he let slio a Latin quotation, whereat one of hts opponents . shouted, ''Aw, man, talk to us in a. way we can understand." Without an instanl'a hesitation Mr Hawtbornthwaite wheeled round on' bis tormentor and made tiia whole hall resound -with a coupic of stentorian "Hee haw! hee haws!" When tke : ''oßvuisioos of UragMfr had subsided, aXter ! a mintite or two,. the hon. member, who had never relaxed bis gravity, quietly remarked, "1 ifcgard it as my duty to oblige my friends to the best of my ability." The' crestfallen lnterrapt«r dipped ont of the ball-
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 10
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136A DISCONCERTING RETORT. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 10
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