When Mr. Menzies observed in the Victorian Legislative Assembly that if would be much better to be in gaol than out, ho iras not generalising, says, tuc Melbourne "Ago." He wis promnted to tho remark bv an account ot the Uillibid Prison, in tlie Philippines, given }>y Mir. Prendergast, whiln speaking on Ino motion for'tho second reading of tho baols Bill. Mr. Prendergast told of the advantageous conditions under which the inmates of tlio Kastern gaol spent their torms-the system of framing in useful i\vb«, tlio bi'Hfifl band, tlio football twin, a.nd the dailv allowanoos ■of . ten cigarettes each. He told, too. of prisonerstwo ■ murderers among them—who were qualifying for the arts cou.rse. ■ ON IFF U Pi G ARQ UK OR SWALLOW
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 86, 6 January 1919, Page 8
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122Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 86, 6 January 1919, Page 8
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