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2 corrections, most recently by angrygoat - Show corrections

NO WIG OR GOWN.

NEW SPEAKER'S DECISION. Mace "Relic of Barbarism."

CANBERRA. Thursday – "Neither wig     no gown will be worn by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Mr. Makin)   during his term of office, nor will the mace   appear on the table of the House.    

In reply to a question by Mr. Thompson       (N.S.W.) to-day, Mr. Makin said that he         would find no intelligent reason why the mace should appear on the table. Accord- ing to the meagre records available, it was     a relic of barbarism, and he saw no reason why anything which symbolised that class   of society, or the methods of treating one   another in the ordinary relationships should find any opportunity of display in the         Chamber during his occupancy of the chair.   The mace did not represent anything   associated with the Crown, nor did it do   anything towards asserting the authority     of the Speaker. "I shall be quite capable"    

of asserting that authority without the mace," said Mr. Makin. (Laughter.)    

No instruction has yet been given about the wigs and gowns worn by the officials

of the House, and at the sitting to-day   they wore them as usual.  

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