NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS
A HOUSE WITHOUT A SPEAKER, By Telcsraph—Press Association—Copyriebt i Sydney, August 22. The opening of the State Parliament to-morrow will have'its humorous side. • Tho Clerk will preside, without power to speak until a Speaker is elected. Ho will point to, members. . Messrs. Dunn and Perry, who have just been elected for Mudgce and Liverpool Plains respectively, will have to wait outsido the House. Tho Speaker can isstio writs, and lie only is able to receive a writ on its return. There will bo no authority to call members (o order if- they use forcible expressions. Mr. Wade, Leader of tho Opposition, endeavoured to dissuade. Mr. Willis, who is a member of his parly, from accepting tho Speakership. Mr. Willis, however, was firm.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1213, 23 August 1911, Page 5
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126NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1213, 23 August 1911, Page 5
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