A CRYING SCANDAL.
TILTES FOR RICH NOBODIES.
SAUSAGES AND THE PEERAGE.
By Telegraph..—Press Association.— CopyrlprUt London, Thursday.
In introducing the bill to prohibit the sale of titles, Mr O. Locker-Lamp-son, Unionist, said that the acquisition of titles and honours by rich nobodies had Decome a crying scandal. If a member gave- £30,000 to the party fund 3 in the hope of translation to the Lords, he invariably said he did not want to become a lord,but that his wife wished to be a lady. The successful sale of sausages surely did not entitle a man to ait in the same House beside Lord Roberts. While the Chancellor catered for the million, the Chief Whip catered for the millionaire.
The House of Lords was only a Mecca for snobs.
Mr J. Hogge, Liberal, opposed the bill. He declared that they wanted to preserve the nubilitv by the infusion of fresh blood to save a decline. There waa also the question of maintaining the drama, whence the noblss could recruit ladies as a reward for their efforts.—-Laughter.
A bill has been introduced by Mr A. Ponsonby, Liberal, to providja for the termination of hereditary titles.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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193A CRYING SCANDAL. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 671, 23 May 1914, Page 5
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