DRINK IN COMMONS
LABOUR MEMBERS INDICTED
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
(Received this cRv at 9 a.m.) LONDON, May 14
The “Sunday Express” report® Mr Salter, a member of thg House of Commons, having said at a temperance meeting at Glasgow: ‘‘We have seen Labour Members of Parliament in the House of Commons drinking night afte r night. We have seen .another group who go into the smoking room and “soak” all evening until they are stupid. ’We' have seen a 'Labour Cabinet Minister go into the Common® 1.n.-m, condition i n which he cow'd .liard-’.y stand.” It is recalled that Mr Saße r was censured by the House of Commons in .1926 for .stating tthat he .had seen many members drunk in the Commons.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 May 1933, Page 5
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