JOYNSON-HICKS has just discovered. Returning from a
prolonged tour in foreign parts he found that his favourite corner-seat had
been annexed by another Member. Determined to reclaim it, he visited the
House at 8 A.M. and inserted his card; but on coming back to the House for
prayers found that the usurper had substituted her own. Mr. T.P. O'CONNOR,
with old-world chivalry, considered that the only lady-Member should be
allowed to sit where she pleased; but the SPEAKER upheld the principle
"first come, first served."
On a Vote of twenty-seven millions for the expenses of the Ministry of
Munitions Mr. HOPE told a flattering tale. The Department might be spending
a lot of money, but it was making a great deal more; and he anticipated
that the Disposals Board would hand over to the Exchequer this year
something like a hundred millions, if not more. The Slough Depot, he
maintained, had been run at a profit and sold at a profit. The Ministry
might have made some mistakes, but it represented a prodigious national
effort, of which the historian would speak with amazement and praise.
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