SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 October 1917, Page 5

SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

members come TO BLOWS. V

■J n J h j" se , <* arl J r yesterday morri. FT,„^ , ' e f rsb inei dent arose when Mr ~™.O" t«oso who, he said, nreferwrt Mr. Pt^rooTPattal I can see by your face that you are Mr totnd ft Mr " m. loland ejaculated: "Quite Of couise the words used by Mr. Hind. marsh had to bo withdrawn, but Mr Speaker did nob ,tal{e notice of Mr Polijnds interjection, except to say that ho Jie n irr of interjecti -

Mr Pearce did take notice of themoutside the House. Mr. Hindmarsh did not leave his seat, but Mr. Pearce a»i ™iiv !\? le lobb - v - There was a collision and blows wero struck. The combatants were separated by a Minister who happened to be on tho scene, but the affan-was resumed in another part of the building a few minutes later The second act was a more serious bout of nst fighting.

More hot language was heard in the House when some interjection by Mr Jennings caused Mr. Webb to rie.'lare heatedly: "The honorable member's "remarks to me are as insultin" as Impersonality." °

i lie next incident was betwe-n Mr Veitch and Mr. Okev. Tho forme;- u--sehting an interruption, declared: -'i i addressing the Government, not a;i i-:s nificant baakblocks creature." The Premier protested that Bome'l-v-Should be done to prevent such graceful scene as had hanpened "l pect members of Parliament he "to use language not calculated to m'Z a breach of the ge&c%"