THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20183, 11 March 1931, Page 9

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

, ANGLO-SOVIET DEBTS. I meetings of committees. : (BBITIBH OFJIOIAIi WIRELESS.) (Received March 10th, 5.5 p.m.) f BIIGBY, March 9; In the House of Commons, several questions were put as to the progress of the Anglo-Soviet Debts and Claims Committee. Dr. Dalton, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that the main Committee had met eleven times j two sub-com-mittees had held meetings but had not yet reported, while four other sub-com- | mittees had not yet met. SWEEPSTAKE TICKETS i ILLEGAL. I ' I DECISION BASED ON ACT I OF 1823. i • ! (Received March 10th, 9.45 p.m.) , j LONDON; March 9. ' The decision of the Secretary *of Home Affairs, Mr J. B. Clynes, on sweepstakes and raifics is based on an I Act of 1823, and means that the sale i of Irish sweepstake tickets in England I is illegal. I Tho Attorney-General pointed out I that between 1782 and 1828 the annual lottery in England was regulated by an nnnual Act of Parliament. DurI inR the latter year lotteries were I specifically prohibited and the Act is I still in force. I ' .. , LONDON, March 9. . In the House of Commons the Home 1 Secretary (Mr J. R. CJynes) said he i had received many representations for and against the legalising of raffles ana i sweepstakes, and after consideration ot I both sides of the question ho did no* I Believe there was Any general demand i to justify the appointment of a committee to enquire into the subject. TRADES DISPUTES ACT. (BJtmsH OWCIAX. W1BKXJB8B.) (Received March 10th, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 9. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister said that he did not at present propose to introduce any'further proi posals relating to the repeal or amend- ! ment of the Trades Disputes Act. ! EXPERT FOR LIBERIA.,, BED SEA SLAVE TRADE. | (BRITISH OmCMb WIBSUHB.) RUGBY, March -9. Questioned regarding the. resolutions of the Liberia Committee of the League of Natipns, the Foreign Under-Secre-tary (Dr. Hugh Dalton) said the Hberian Gqvemmen.t was represented on the comijaittee, wbqse decisions were i unanimous.. ®he«*i"waa «very reason' to hope'that the expert on general administration who was proceeding to Mon- . rovia,* would be able to propose euitaotioa to end the unsatisfactory state of affairs.. , . Dr. Dalton stated that no specific inI stances of slave trading across the Red ! Sea bad heea brought to . the notice of (the Government 1 last yea*, though-he 1 feared it was quite possible tltat the shipment o4 slaved from the African to , the Arabian coast took place. The« ao- ' tivitlep ot British sloops,' and the meai sure* taken by, the French Jtafcaft ■ ! Governments, had undoubtedly re- ! duced the traffic ,to comparatively etnau proportions, USE OF WIRELESS TELEPHONE, - ' LONDON;' March, B. Thei Postmwtor-Gcneral (MHjor C->. B. Attlea), in the House Commons, I aaid, wirelessa telephone ealla to A««. troll* average 97 weekly. He ihoped th<* would trade improved. H« also h,Qped' that in a few months there would ba an ArigUvNow. Zealand aemce, by uwng, a #witoh«orejp 'from the Australian ,c4roajt, , ( - i' - "<, > 1 ' , *! ■ I ■*' i i ■ 1 BRITISH OFFICIAL FOR,NEW 1 ; zisaUnd. ' , jX)N,DON It is seated that tfo increase in. the civil estimate# for in the Domiaioris Australia, and £I9OO for Kew Zealand, New Zealand's estimates pro--vide for the appointlwent o| m officer attached to the Prima Mi»J»t« s Oo* partnien}i at a salary of : and house,'rent,•an4 ) travelhns etc., <£447, - Presumably he wju be re. sident ■ m Wellington. -