AUCTIONED CHAMPAGNE
SIR WILLIAM JOYNSON-HICKS AT CABARET ASKED TO EXPLAIN By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Sunday. Because the Home Secretary, Sir W. Joynson-Hieks, attended a charity cabaret dance at the Kit Cat Restaurant at which a bottle of champagne was auctioned at a high price, allegedly after hours, a temperance member of the House of Commons. Mr. Tom Groves, raised the subject in the House.
He says he does not wish to be taken over-seriously. “Sir W. Joynson Hicks is a man of high moral character, but he should have an opportunity to explain. The Home Secretary admits that he saw the bottle sold.” Sir Archibald Weigall, who was the auctioneer, states that he does not remember if it was sold after hours. It was suddenly announced that he was to sell. He was not consulted previously, but could scarcely refuse. “X acted innocently,” he says, and added that even he chaffed Sir W. JoynsonHieks, who is a well-known teetotaller. The Kit Cat, after a raid, ceased to be a night club and is now a night restaurant. —A. and N.Z.-Sun.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 283, 20 February 1928, Page 9
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184AUCTIONED CHAMPAGNE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 283, 20 February 1928, Page 9
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