BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 April 1924, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

[XY TELEGRAPH—PER TRESS, ASSOCIATION.] EVICTIONS ON CLYDESIDE. STATEMENT IN COMMONS. LONDON, April 14. In the House of Commons, when asked for the statistics of evictions on Clydeside, Mr Adamson promised to circulate the figures, but in response to and Conservative pressure, culminating in an appeal to the Speaker, he said the investigations were inco'nipleto and ho preferred xo postpone a statement. He then read figures showing that in 1923 the Glasgow Sheriff’s Court heard 17,580 ejection cases, I 2902 outers were granted and 657 carried out: in 1924 to date 5,911 eases were heard, 1571 orders granted and 338 carried out.

DJSCIPLINE (jUESTJON. LONDON, April 11 . In the House of Commons, replying to Mr M.cvlcr, .Air "Walsh (War Minister) said that the Government proposed to establish a Committee to explore the questions affecting discipline in the services that were raised by the amendments on the occasion of the all night sitting on the Army, Navy and Air Force Annual Bill. The Admiralty would be associated with the Oonimi ttee, which will sit after Easter. The Committee would have i before it the report of the Committee of 1919 on similar matters, especially with regard to a loss frequent use of the death penalty. Replying to Mr Ormsby Gore, Mr MacDonald declared that the Government had no intention whatever of selling the Government holdings in the Anglo-Pofsian Oil Company. Ho would not consider the Government justified in giving up its control of the Company without tho approval of Parliament. So far as he knew, no negotiations were proceeding ■ with Sir Robert Cohen. I

AGRICULTURAL-WORKERS’ BTLI LONDON. April 15.

The Commons carried the first reading of the Government’s Agricultural AVages Bill, embodying tlie principle of a compulsory minimum wage to tie fixed by district boards.