An Incautious Judge.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, August 17. An incautious remark by Judge Williams in the Divorce Court led to a discussion in the Housa. According to the Judge, were he to class every man wbo got drank on Saturday and stayed druDk all Sunday, he would require to divorce two thirds of tbe Labour population. Members characterised this as an unwarrantable slur on the workers. The Premier called upon the judge for _n explanation, and he admits tbat be made the assertion, but says he never intended to reflect on tbe working classes.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 43, 19 August 1896, Page 2
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