THE HOUSE IN DARKNESS
The Electric Light “ Knocked Oat ” by pro-Boer Utterances.
- [our parliamentary reporter.]
Wellington, This Day. An almost unique incident occurred in the House shortly before the supper adjournment last night. Mr Powlds w T as strongly inweighing against the action of certain members in attacking Mr Stead for his pro-Boer writings, when slowly the electric light got lower and lower and finally went out altogether, leaving the House and precincts in absolute darkness.
It was useless adjourning as every iart of the House was as dark as the
Chamber itself, and so the debate proceeded, Members, of course, waxed humorous over the failure of the electric
light to stand what the member for Auckland was saying, and matches were lit in all directions while the ActingChairman of Committees lost no time in having a couple of candles brought in to enable him to guide the House through the thorny path of the estimates. In abouc three minutes, however, the
light again made its appearance, candles were ignominiously ejected and the House resumed its normal state.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 26 September 1901, Page 3
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