“PIGS AND TWISTERS”
COUNCIL PLEASANTRY Two Footscray (Melbourne) cillors almost came to blows a discussion by the council at * ing prosecution against a * tc ;i ber for an alleged infringement municipal by-law. Cr. Punshon moved that , r,_j cution be dropped. He explat » y the plumber concerned mignt livelihood if convicted, as tne of Works had power to depri of his position. * The engineer (Mr. leged that the plumber had the council’s by-laws 11 In opposing Cr. Punshon s .. Cr. Mullens said the move , circus-like clown” who . . rsS t® belittle him with matter irrei the motion. routed Cr. Punshon: You are a ible pig! . C Cr. Mullens advanced v> c Punshon, who rose to meet ine d V Mullens was forcibly res i Cr. O’Toole and led back , t °„ nf «* I Cr. Mullens was about to rc I discussion, when Cr. Ptins at 1* him the "Mussolini and t wisl Pa The Mayor (Cr. McCormack) Cr. Punshon to order. C j Continuing, Cr. Mullens — Punshon had introduced * matter to get a "slap a “ c fl. 1* the Labour side of the “ motion itself was a confidence in the engin .AmdT* * the administrator of the 1 laws.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 430, 11 August 1928, Page 16
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