A Row in Parliament.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 15 November 1890, Page 2

A Row in Parliament.

A scene of unparaUed disorder occurred in the N. S. Wales Assembly ou Thursday night during a debate in Committee of Supply. Mr W. R. Crick, member for Macquarie West, was called to order, but defied the chairman, who ordered him to be arrested. Mr Crick resisted violently, but the - ergeant-at-Arnis, with the assistance of other officers, finally succeeded in carrying the rec ilcitrant member out of the chamber, kicking, fighting, and I struggling to the las'. :he chairman reported the matter to the Speaker, and Mr Crick was summoned. He assert d that lie had bee" ejected by brutal and il egal force. The Speaker ruled him out ■>f order, Mr Crick a 1 tempted to dissent, and was again ordered to be removed from the Hous^. As he was leaving he called out, " You, Mr Speaker, got £2000 for putting the Broken Hill Water Supply Bill through, and the chairman a thousand' You are both thieves and robbers ' f the country." vir Henry Park'-s, with regret, moved that tho I spvere-t s-e-"ten<-e possible, namely, ! that <>f expulsi n, he pans -d. During i the debate Mr Click sent in his re--1 situation, which was not submitted jto the ITonsf. The motion was i carried by 63 to 10, and Mr Crick's i s,eat declared vacant.