IMPERIAL POLITICS.
INCREASE OF CHINESE SEAMEN A SERIOUS MATTER. United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, May 11. Air Churchill, replying to Air Ilavoloek Wilson, said the recent unusual increase in tho number of Cliinoso seamen shipped at Unitod Kingdom ports was a matter of serious concern, and was receiving the Board of 'Trade’s prompt and searching attention. Groat violence at British sailors’ hands towards Chinese at Poplar prevent them taking employment, oil British ships. The men allego the Cliino*'o aro unable to pass the language test. Chiueso wore hunted in many East End streets. “RECKLESS FINANCE.” LAND VALUES BILL. LONDON, Alay 14. ■Air Bonar Law, at liacknoy., denounced Mr Asquith's “reckless financo.” Ho insisted that the pension sclicmo could only bo properly worked out in conjunction with tho comploto overhauling of tho poor law system. The House of Lords, by 119 to 32, altered tho Land Values (Scotland) Bill from a compulsory to an optional sclicmo of valuation.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2192, 16 May 1908, Page 3
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156IMPERIAL POLITICS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2192, 16 May 1908, Page 3
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