CAT’S MISDEMEANOUR
KITTENS " LAID ON TABLE Of HOUSE " NO CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION [Special to the * Star.’] WELLINGTON, September 23. “ A cat may look at a king,” but the proverbial pussy was not so unawed by authority as the eat in Parliament Building, Wellington, which selected the table of the House of Representatives as’ the place to deposit five of her black kittens. A few' cate are maintained in the big building, and they earn their keep, as good mousers should. They are necessarily given a fair amount of liberty in recess, and this was the unexpected result. Parliament not being in session, no constitutional question arose through the summary removal oi the kittens. “ Laid on the table of the House is a well-known phrase in politics, for all parliamentary papers are placed there, so that they can be perused at any time during the session by members. The table is spacious, for it has to carry a great variety of papers. Pussy’s cntciprise provided still wider variety, and created a precedent which will not be encouraged.
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Evening Star, Issue 23688, 23 September 1940, Page 4
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175CAT’S MISDEMEANOUR Evening Star, Issue 23688, 23 September 1940, Page 4
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