AN HISTORIC ORATION
MR SNOWDEN’S SPEECH. A WONDERFUL RECEPTION. liuiuxi Press Association—By Eleotru Telegraph.—Copyright.J (Recoin'd this day at 12.26. pm./ LONDON, September 10. Mr Snowden’s speech will take place among Westminster’s historical orations. His voice quivered, and his hand trembled, as lie realised it was his farewell, after a quarter of a century’s Parliamentary career. He "sat down; amid amazing scenes.
The galleries, abandoning the traditional decorum, clapped wildly. Conservative millionaires, and representatives of noble families were around nim. Indeed every occupant of the Government benches sprang on to their seats, waved handkerchiefs, and tumultuously cheered th e Socialist, who every minute of the past half hour had been telling .their fortunes. Labour members on the opposite side were hypnotised into silence.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1931, Page 6
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122AN HISTORIC ORATION Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1931, Page 6
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