"BARNUM'S BAND."
AND POWDERED FACES. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) MELBOURNE, June 25. • In connection with the absence of Ministers from the Government levee on Coronation night, Mr King O'Malley says that he never goes to Government House. If he were Prime Minister, he says, he would put a stop to the show of wigs, gowns, and powdered faces, which is like Barnum's Band." SHOULDERING THE BLAME. Received This Morning, 12.55 o'clock. MELBOURNE, June 25. Mr W. M. Hughes explains the levee incident by stating that it is usual for only the Prime Minister to attend such functions. He was sick himself, and made no provision to be repreented. He shouldered the whole blame.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10271, 26 June 1911, Page 5
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124"BARNUM'S BAND." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10271, 26 June 1911, Page 5
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