BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1924, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION, A CHILDREN'S LULL. SWEEPING REFORMS PROPOSED (Received this day at 10 a.in.) LONDON, February 12.

Sweeping reforms are propo-od in the Children's Rill to be intiodncecl by C. (! Ammon, the Labour member for Camberwell North, the text of which has been issued. Tile Rill makes it a misdemeanour to celebrate a marriage whore either party is under sixteen.

l raises the age of competence to eomm t a crime to ten and increases the maximum penalty for cruelly to children to live years penal .servitude, strengthens the measures against selling cigarettes, tobacco and intoxicants to children under sixteen or hott rig with children; makes it an olleiice to publish the name, address, photograph, sketch, or in any way identify a child or young person charged, or eonveiioil of any oll'eme, except murder. attempted murder., hr wounding with intent.

I.ABO I'll PARTY BULKS. LONDON. Eebrunry 12. A meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party a'!o|ted a icjort on organisation, recommending: (li That twelve members of the party and three members of the Government. he appointed i'i deal with questions of internal administration of the party and art as a liaison between the Government and the party as a whole and choose representatives on the vaiioirs select and standing committees; 12) that the party inert fortnightly during the session. THE CNION IST PROGRAMME. COLONEL A.MKEY DISAGREES. (“Sydney Sun” Cables). Received this dav at 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, Eeh. 12. Colonel Ainery lias written to -Mr Baldwin dissociating himself from the party’s new programme. He lays emphasis on the point that the unemployment is largely due to the tree imports ami contends that, effective tompile preference and co-operation is essential to fair treatment for British indiist rips. THE SI’PPLEM ENT A R Y EsTJ MAT EH i 1! eut nits Ti; i, uu 11 amu . ] (Received this day at 12.1 d p.mA LONDON, Eebrunry 12 The supplementary estimate.-; total £8.059,000 for the year ending 31-st. March have been issued, making a total or £'13,078,000, including £2,908,000 for ihe Ministry of Agriculture owing to the foot and mouth disease, £3,“00.000 tor the Colonial service, including a

£3.500,000 grant in aid of the Kenya ami Uganda for railway improvement in coiuieetion with the development nl cotton growing, £1.18,000 for the British Empire Exhibition. £7.'!().110H for iinoiiiploynient. relief and C 913.0110 for the Not u. of I relaml grants. THE OPENING OK I’A R.I.IAM K.NT. I, AI) V MEM BEI.'S EACiEK. 'Received this day at 12.45 p.m.) LONDON. Eelirnary I'd. Bodies Astor am! Terrington, and Airs Wintringhum were among the first who was assemldeil Before seven. 'I hey joined the queue awaiting t!ie opening of th« doors at eight o'clock. The .Spanish Kmha.xsy lias issued a statement 'denying Hie reports of dissensions of the Spanish Directory, which declares that it is working mure smoothIv daily and is eoiiteinplatiiig importuY.t and de.iviueratiu refoiui.s. The vulne mb of all publ'c ceiiritu. ■ is li ing and Lhi recent issue o! Trca.'.ur; Bonds was. over subscribed Spaniard at pre- , . front considers a i.ha.uge of Government is even remotely possible.