To the Editor of the "Norra-Cama Dairy News."
Sir,—The Parliamentary incident related by Mr. Stooke, though amusing is apparently not unique In "The Pageant of Parliament," Michael MacDonagh, a Parliamentary reporter for 35 years, says:—"Yet there is a time when a Member can only address the Chair wearing a hat and sitting in his place. That is when a division is being taken and there is a point of order to be raised. In such circumstances a Member is condemned to silence, unless he has his own hat to put on, or can borrow another's for the purpose. -The incident is always provocative of laughter. It almost invariably happens that, in the case of a Member who has left his own hat in the cloak-room, the borrowed hat is either too large and comes down to his nose, or too small and covers only the top of his head, with the result that he has to support it with both hands while he makes his point of order. I have witnessed some ludicrous scenes, especi
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