THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1921, Page 3

THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT

IUSIIIAI.IAX AND N'.Z. CAi.’.E AS ocl VTION ■ IN THE COMMONS. LONDON, Get. 20. In the Commons. Sir 11 Ag.'t r t 1 r'CUwood was bombarded with questions regard in g Ireland. He denied that the police were instructed not .to pre-.-'nt the importation of arms and said the reason why arms were carried by pei ■ sons intending to use them on behalf of the Republican Army, was that the British Government wished honourably to abide by the truce. Hy said the drilling <>f the Republican Army, and forcible exactions for the upkeep of the I.R.A- and other acts of the Republicans were regnrdahle. as breaches of the truce, and representtitinns had been made in every ease, with sali-fa to y results in many cases, hut differences had arisen in ethers regarding the enterpretation of the terms of the trme. These had been referred to a joint on u niitteo of rile Irish Confermee in I <•»'■- dim.

IN THE COMMONS , LONDON. Dei •. In Hie House of Commons M-wr Aiehe>- Slam •isl/'l !' : wlais ' authority the word- " ' i'“ lads" had been din in-red printed question of his. and t'e words ■•Sinn Koinors" side! n up-d. The Sneakei explaine.l 1 " it ’ been done by bis own till" Sireake si . instructions, which v -r" that quest should not be put that i ar-ied an im- , plication or insinmiti.m of such a char-, actor. j BRITISH GOVERNMENT M'-'A-d RE LONDON, Octob-r 21. The House of Commons resnm-d the debate on the Unemployment Mr Ib-lvin (.Irish Nationalist) denoMtteed the Government bees us.- the unemployment of Ireland we,- ml included in its relief scheme, v.l'il lieland has ltrlmte to the taxation wherfrmn the money eonn-s to finance the Government's proposals. Mr .1. 11. Thomas (l.ahour) niiu he attached most importance to the Government's guarantee of twenty-live ( millions for oort-siin vntorprisos.

i Mr Sexton criticised the emigration proposals} He insisted that 'he unemployed men would he kcttled "" land in this country instead of being nt away I The Bill was read the fust tier , The Labourites state they vill mil obstruct the passage ul the nuMsuie. i They have tabled an amendin' id opf posing a twopenny levy on workers, 'on the ground of the inade pn -y of ! such a fund and of the burden which |it will place on certain iiidiislri-s. and j also on account of the exemption "I i tho wealthier classes from the lev). LONDON. Get. 2(1. | Tlie •‘Morning Post" urges ’hat an ! i“lmperial Settlement Ae.thor'ty" I should ho established, which would not 'interfere with any of the Dominion’s • energies, hut would not ns nti i Umtweeii the Dominion •mniii^rntoii ! officers, mobilising an army of s<*tUor\s. land moving divsions of th<* ‘*:irmy wherever there was empty land.