Victorian Railways.
SCENE IN THE HOUSE. (Pei' Pre 99 Association.! Melbourne, March 3. During the discussion of the Railway Bill, Mr Longmore, who is nothing if not forcible (although his remarks in the present instance were open to question as a matter of taste), launched a bolt at Mr Speight without provocation, alleging that he was wholly unfit to manage the railways on account of drunkenness. Instantly the House was on its feet with cries of " Shame ! " '* Cowardly stab in the back ! " and so on. The Speaker, on being appealed to, said the member was at liberty to say what he liked about outside individuals, it was purely a matter of taste. So Mr Longmore continued by declaring that Mr Speight had received subscriptions to enable him to rob a private citizen of €40,000 in the Law Courts. The Speaker at this point ruled the member out of order. No sooner was the track cleared of the Railway Bill than the Assembly agreed to disagree with the Council's amendments in the Factories Bill and when the Council adjourned had decided to insist on the alterations.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 4 March 1896, Page 2
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185Victorian Railways. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 206, 4 March 1896, Page 2
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