| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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Councillor Grinder rose to a point of order. He appealed to the Chairman to squash the amendment. (Applause.) Councillor Didlum remarked that he supposed Councillor Grinder meant `quash': in that case, he would support the suggestion. Councillor Grinder said it was about time they put a stopper on that feller Weakling. He (Grinder) did not care whether they called it squashing or quashing; it was all the same so long as they nipped him in the bud. (Cheers.) The man was a disgrace to the Council; always interfering and hindering the business. The Mayor - Alderman Sweater - said that he did not think it consistent with the dignity of that Council to waste any more time over this scurrilous amendment. (Applause.) He was proud to say that it had never even been seconded, and |
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