VIOLENT SCENES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 138, 6 December 1911, Page 5

VIOLENT SCENES.

IX X.S.W. PARLIAMENT. FIGHTS WITH THE POLICE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 5, ft.33 p.m. Sydney, December 5. There was another violent scene in Parliament. Mr. Wood, who was suspended a few weeks ago. took his seat. Immediately the Speaker entered Mr. Wade rose and said that Mr. Wood desired to make an apology. The" Speaker declared that Mr. Wood was no longer a member of the House, but a stranger, and conld speak only from the bar of the House. Mr. Wood indignantly proclaimed that he was there, representing his constituents, and would claim the right, as a member, to say what he had to say. The Speaker, amid disorder, said if Mr. Wood did not obey the cnair, he would be expelled from the Chamber. Mr. Wood replied heateJly that he would not go out, and the Speaker ordered the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove him. Mr. Wood, however, refused to go, and continued addressing the chairman and waving his arms wildly. The House was in a state of uproar. The Oppositionists howled, hooted and screamed out frenzied protests at what they termed the "scandalous treatment" of their colleague. Amidst the terrific din a policeman broke through the throng and seized Mr. Wood, when Mr. Cohen and other members rallied ronnd. Three more police then joined the riot, and presently the police emerged from the seething throng. carryina Mr. Wood hv the arms and legs. He was deported from the lohby amidst eat calls and general howling. Mr. Cohen was next removed, and the Speaker then intimated that Mr. Wood could make an apology from the bar of the House. This statement was greeted with further uproar, and Mr. Millard, Dr. Arthur Moxhant. i»nd Colonel Onslow were removed. After a few others were called to order, the depleted House proceeded to business.