agne , ▁along ▁with ▁be er ▁from ▁ 6 ▁h ogs head s ▁don ated ▁by ▁Sh am rock ▁Bre wer y , ▁were ▁distributed ▁by ▁F lem ing , ▁( who ▁neither ▁sm oked ▁or ▁d rank ). ▁According ▁to ▁newspaper ▁reports ▁d run ken ness ▁and ▁ri ots ▁en su ed . ▁ ▁" A ▁representative ▁of ▁" The ▁Age " ▁asked ▁Mr ▁F lem ing ▁why ▁the ▁wine ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁sold ▁and ▁the ▁money ▁distributed . ▁His ▁reply ▁was ▁perhaps ▁characteristic . ▁He ▁said : ▁" We ▁are ▁tired ▁of ▁the ▁in equal ities ▁among ▁the ▁people . ▁The ▁rich ▁drink ▁champ agne ▁and ▁the ▁poor ▁small ▁be er . ▁Besides , ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁bre ach ▁of ▁faith ▁to ▁his ▁Lord ship ▁to ▁have ▁sold ▁the ▁wine ". ▁When ▁" The ▁Age " ▁rep orter ▁pointed ▁to ▁the ▁d run ken ▁mob ▁outside , ▁and ▁asked ▁if ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁equality ▁he ▁meant , ▁Mr ▁F lem ing ▁could ▁only ▁say ▁that ▁such ▁a ▁thing ▁as ▁the ▁distribution ▁of ▁champ agne ▁had ▁never ▁occurred ▁before ▁in ▁Australia , ▁and ▁that ▁champ agne ▁was ▁not ▁intended ▁only ▁for ▁d ain ty ▁st om ach s ." ▁( The ▁Age , ▁ 2 6 ▁June ▁ 1 9 0 2 ) ▁ ▁" Rich ▁Man ' s ▁War ▁and ▁the ▁Po or ▁Man ' s ▁Fight " ▁ ▁F lem ing ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁cons cription ▁deb ates ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁World ▁War , ▁being ▁with ▁the