BRITISH POLITICS.
ARMY CONTRACT’S. [Reuters Telegrams.] vßeceived this dav at 11.25 a.m.) LONDON. March 25. In'the Commons, in reply to n question, Mr MacDonald said the Government did not intend to introduce the Miners’ Minimum Wage Bill in order to settle the present dispute, which lie hoped would be settled by industrial methods.
When dealing with the army estimates the OppositTdii tried to get a definite .statement of policy regarding Dominion preference for army eoiiH'hets.
Mr Lawson explained that it was the practice of the Department to give reasonahle and sympathetic consideration to their own people, but it was not Koine to let the taxpayer pay to the extent involved in one case, where certain people tried to take advantage of the existing agreement to the extent of thirty-five per . cent. The Government, therefore, declined to pin themselves to a definite policy. MR .MACDONALD APOLOGISES. LONDON, March 25. Mr MacDonald announced in the Commons, the receipt of a eormminieiK tion from Lord Derby pointing out that he was not a member of the cuth n textile committee mentioned in the Commons on Friday. Mr MatOpnnl.l regretted that lie had used ucotveot, information.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 March 1924, Page 3
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