GRINNING LIKE CHESHIRE CATS.
&N INCIDENT IN PARLIAMENT. Somewhat angrily, Mr. T. E. Taylor, in the course of the • criticism of, the Defence Estimates m the , House of Representatives yesterday, protested against some of the higher, officers of 4fie Defence Department who were, ho said, I 'sitting behind the Speaker's chair **grinning like Cheshire cats." ,Mr. J. Allen rose and asked if Mr, 3!aylor was in order. < . Mr. Taylor said a certain amount of seapect should be shown to the House, Officers of a Publio Department were actually sitting there contorting their •featuie3 and almost taking part in the debate. They wore misbehaving themselves like schoolboys. .Mr.Colvin (Chairman of Committees) ruled that Mr. Taylor must not Tefer jfco the officers. "Mr.'Taylor: I hope it will make "them remember their positions, and how they should' conduct themselves in the (*hambor.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 5
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139GRINNING LIKE CHESHIRE CATS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 954, 22 October 1910, Page 5
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