BRITISH POLITICS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1922, 3 November 1906, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT London, Nov 1. Mr Lloyd George, President of tho Board of Trade, speaking at Spalding, declared the House of Lords’ attempt to override the prepondcrativc majorities of tho general election, was creating an intolerable situation. The country would not accept compulsory religion. In the House of Commons, Mr Edmund Robertson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, in reply to Mr E. A. Kidsale, said that tlie battleships had been arranged on what was considered a more efficient fighting disposition. Two, from the Channel, Mediterranean, and Atlantic fleets respectively, had been added to the Homo,

fleet. , Mr Churchill, replying to Mr F. Smith, read Lord Elgin’s communication to Lord . Northcote, Governor-General of Australia,, regarding the preference accorded to British goods carried to Australia in British ships. This was at variance with treaties made with Egypt, Greece, Italy,. Japan and Russia. The question of the treaties would be further considered when, the copy of the Bill arrived from Australia. , Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman assured a deputation that lie hoped in 1907 to legislate to enable women to sit as members of County Councils and other local authorities,

EDUCATION AND SHIPPING BILLS.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Reoeiyed 10.23 p.m., November 2. London, Nov' 2. Lord Bishop of Oxford’s amendment to the Edooation Bill to allow distinctive instruction with the ordinary facilities in school daily was adopted by 141 to 49. Lord Crewe ominously intimated that this entirely altered the oharaoter of the Bill. Mr Lloyd Georgs proposes a new amendment to the Shipping Bill to give the Board of Trade full powers over " marine superintendents and shipping officers, and thus control the regulation?. Shipping interests threaten to strenuously oppose tbe amendment.