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Show Mo Jli.ro Uuratlona. Tho nature nf a presiding ofllcer'a duties vnrle with the tlr-e and place An athletic miner was In th chair nt n political meeting In New South Wale Just beforo a eloa nnd exciting election. One of tho candidate w present to speak. During his nddrcM he was Interrupted Interrupt-ed by hooting and rough chaff, and the chairman wa aeon In n slate ot Imlllng Indignation. Smothering his wrath, however, he pacified. Iho "boys" by assuring them that at the end nf the candidate a spreth they should have the liberty to put any questions they choose Accordingly, at the end of tho harangue ho roso nnd Inquired In stentorian tones, and In n rich Irish broguo- "lla Iny gtntlrman a question to nlrskT" A stout little Welsh miner, who had been a conspicuous disturber of the pesee of the evening, shuffled slowly up tho steps of the platform, but at the top he waa met by the chairman, who, without the ellchtrst warning delivered de-livered n terrific left nnd rlghter, and sent tbo Welshman sprawling on bl back: "Now." roared tho chairman, "baa Inny other glntleman a question to alrskl" and there was. no reaponu. |