A Drunken Parliament
♦ The Wellington Post, in its issue of the 20th instant, most effectually refutes the charges made against the late Parliamentary session of being " a drunken " one. The Post admits that there are certain grounds for the charge, but says that they have been much exaggerated and so represented as to convey an fintirely wrong impression. In the whol<Parliament the flagrant offenders can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In the Council there are two, and in the Lower House only three, who habitually exceeded the bounds of temperance so as to invite remark. This being the case, ii is manifestly unjust so to stigmatize the present Parliament, which is almost in every respect, and even in the matter of sobriety, superior to many of the Parliaments which have preceded it. It is a pleasure to observe that the Post exonerates the new members, individually and collectively, from any participation in improper conduct, either in the House or out of it.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 70, 22 November 1884, Page 2
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165A Drunken Parliament Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 70, 22 November 1884, Page 2
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