Today’s post involves my second great uncle William Henry Lambert. The writer seems not to be a fan of the working class becoming the political class. A drunken, shearer and a nuisance it really sounds like William lived up to the writers expectations of such a man. Life for a politician was obviously much easier in those days, no mobile phones to record the act and no social media to spread it widely instantaneously. One can imagine the scandal a man of his political standing would endure these days in the same circumstances!
More posts mentioning William can be found here, here and here.
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FEDERAL MEMBER FINED
Made Himself a Nuisance
FORMER LORD MAYOR
MELBOURNE, Today.
William H. Lambert, a shearer, aged 42 years, member of the House of Representatives for West Sydney and a former Lord Mayor of Sydney, was arrested last night in Bourke street on a charge of having been drunk and disorderly. He spent three hours in a cell before being bailed out.
In the City Court today Lambert, who did not appear, was fined £1. In default of payment seven days’ imprisonment was ordered.
The fine was paid but no application was made to estreat the bond.
Lambert was arrested following a complaint that he was lounging about a building which was being used by a number of people, and that he was a nuisance.
More posts mentioning William can be found here, here and here.
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FEDERAL MEMBER FINED
Made Himself a Nuisance
FORMER LORD MAYOR
MELBOURNE, Today.
William H. Lambert, a shearer, aged 42 years, member of the House of Representatives for West Sydney and a former Lord Mayor of Sydney, was arrested last night in Bourke street on a charge of having been drunk and disorderly. He spent three hours in a cell before being bailed out.
In the City Court today Lambert, who did not appear, was fined £1. In default of payment seven days’ imprisonment was ordered.
The fine was paid but no application was made to estreat the bond.
Lambert was arrested following a complaint that he was lounging about a building which was being used by a number of people, and that he was a nuisance.
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