IMPERIAL POLITICS.
OLD AGE PENSIONS BILL.
PASSES FIRST READING. United Press Association— Copyright LONDON, May 29. In the House of Commons, the Old Age Pensions Bill was read a first time, after Mr. W. Rutherford protested against the anomaly m discriminating against married people.
FISCAL REFORM. SPEECH BY MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN. (Received May 31,-4.26 p.m.) LONDON, May 30. Mr Austen Chamberlain, at the annual meeting of the JM^ralUmoii Club, deprecated the allegation that fiscal reform was necessarily the camse of cheat) food or work for, all or ™ able to prevent .tmle. AVhat the reformers were justified i claiming was that if the fisca l , c was reformed there would b work, for British people, a greater demand for labor, and better condi tions in the labor market. GOVERNMENT’S INCONSISTENCY THE CREATION"OF PEERS. (Received May 31, 4.16 p.m.) LONDON, May 30. With a view to showing„the Gov- • -t.’s ineonsisteir - ” . . ■
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2205, 1 June 1908, Page 3
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