There waa an exciting scene in tho 5° SI 6 0B >? n 'S ht of A ««nwt 12th, Mr Matthews, Home Secretan, was in tho act of replying to tho speakers who had censured his dealings in the capital sentences, when JJr Tanner, member for Urk, broke In with "How about Dangarvon?" Mr Matthews retorted, "I don't know who that vulgar Interrupter Is. Mr Turner appealed to the Speaker, who guardedly justified'Mr Matthews* language. Thereupon Dr Tanner should at the top of his voice," Matthews Is the meanest and lowest Bkunk that ever sat on the Treasury benches." The Speaker Ihen callod upon Dr Tanner to withdraw the expression aa3 apologbe, Dr Tanner at first refused- to do so unless Mr Matthowß also apologised, but finally rea.de the apology, : *
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3617, 18 September 1890, Page 2
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129Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3617, 18 September 1890, Page 2
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