AUCTION AT CHARITY DANCE
QUESTION FOR HOME SECRETARY London, February 19. Because the Home Secretary, Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, attended a charity cabaret dance at the Kitcat Restaurant at which a bottle of champagne was auctioned at a high price, allegedly after hours, a temperance member of the House of Commons, Mr. Tom Groves (Lab.), is raising the subject in the House of Commons. He says that he does not wish to be taken over-seri-ously. Sir W. Joynson-Hicks is a man of high moral character, but he should have the opportunity to explain. Sir W. Joynson-Hicks admits that lie saw the bottle sold. Sir Archibald Weigall, who was auctoneer, states that he does not remember if it was sold after hours. It was suddenly announced that he was to sell. He was previously not consulted, but could scarcely refuse. “I acted innocently and even chaffed Sir W. Joynson-Hicks, who is a well-known teetotaller.” The Kitcat, after a raid, ceased to be a night club. It is now a night restaurant.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 9
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169AUCTION AT CHARITY DANCE Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 122, 21 February 1928, Page 9
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