THE LOYAL TOAST.
LABOUR MAYOR CONSIDERS IT SUPERFLUOUS. ' By Teleffraph—Pre3s Association—Copyright. Melbourne, September 9. Mr. Gordon Webber, member for Abboteford in tho Victorian- Legislative Assembly, and tho first Labour representative to bo elected Mayor of Richmond, has aroused comment by omitting tho loyal toast at a function lie gnvo to mark' his election-to the Mayoralty. He explains: "I omitted it,because I consider it to be superfluous. Personally, 1" am a Republican. The King is only a figuro-liead, and as such he is recognised. In saying this I do not consider I am not loyal."
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1851, 10 September 1913, Page 7
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94THE LOYAL TOAST. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1851, 10 September 1913, Page 7
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