A NEW RULE
FREE DRIERS BARRED. Melbourne, September 29. Free drinks, cigars ancf cigarettes—a privilege extended to State members as a sort of quid pro quo for remaining on duty at Parliament. House after midnight—.have been withdrawn as part of the Government’s economy plan. Members engaging in Parliamentary all-night sittings will still be entitled to a free light 'supper —sandwiches, toas L i and tea and coffee. During. future all-nighters' 1 tfie Parl’amentary bar will be open, but members must pay. The new rule became operative at midnight last night. The Government demanded that th e first item of the estimates should be passed. At midnight the debate wag .suspended for supper. Members trooped out to th e refreshment rooms. The pleasant aroma of hot coffee filled the air. There were pyramids of ham sandwiches, stacks of toast—and the forbidding warning not’-ce —“a.!l drinks lexfcrf,”
At 1.40 a.m. the House resumed, to continued the “all-nighter,” but the rebate collapsed, and at 1.50 a.m. the House rose.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 4
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166A NEW RULE Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1932, Page 4
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