THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 August 1901, Page 3

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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The Pacific Cable.

Received this day at 9 5 a.m. London, August 13. In the House of Commons the Pacific Cable Bill was read a second time by 183 to 59.

The Titles Bill was read a second time by 210 to 53, The Nationalists complained that the inititiative oime from the Bight Honorable Chamberlain instead of from the Colonies.

During the debate on the Pacific Cable Bill, Flynn condemned the Government entering into competition with private enterprise. O'Hara said that the scheme was the thp pntcbme of Chamberlain’s imperialjgrti, Two s cables to Australia would prove uaromunerative,

Austen Chamberlain said it was the first time that self-governing Colonies, hoping to promote inter-British trade and inter-British intercourse, had proprosed to the Motherland to take combined action in a great commercial undertaking, and it deserved a friendly response. It was one of the most fruitful and hopeful schemes of recent times. Heaton defended the principle of Imperial cables which gave the advantage of an alternative route and reduction in rates. It was also an important matter to the colonies. London, August 13. The Government sustained a minor defeat at the report stage of the Factory Bill by 163 to 141, the committee’s alternate closing the mills at noon instead of one o’clock on Saturdays was upheld. Mr. Eitchie described this “ football” stoppage to mean a loss to master spinners of £120,000 per annum. Taylor and Houldsworth in their replies said that the operatives made noon a question at the elections.