A few days ago long accounts appeared in the papers of some theatricals at a lordly mansion, the object being apparently to show how many diamonds and other gems a silly bounder who happened to be ft peer of the realm could crowd upon his inane person, and how absurd an appearance he could possibly complete without making the spectators absolutely ill. Yet this effeminate simpleton is one of our hereditary legislators—heaven save the mark '-and his vote m the House of Lords is as good as that of Lord Salisbury or Lord Rosebery or Lord Roberts or the Archbishop of Canterbury! Surely one of these days we shall muster up courage to pur n e our Upper House of such imbeciles as well as of other peers who have demonstrated their utter unfitness for so important a public tryst!
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 364, 14 March 1902, Page 1
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140Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 364, 14 March 1902, Page 1
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