BRITISH POLITICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1924, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

POLITICAL. (Received this dnv al 0.-lo a.m.' LONDON. May Labour conversation* are taking place to-day which will he the first attempt at an understanding between the parties since the Liberals gut the I.a him rites in ofliee. The Liberals definitely nllieially adopted propun iolial representation as a party plank, and Mr MacDonald will lie invited, or practically ulLinuitumcd. to give Government support to the Provincial Representation Bill. This places Mr MacDonald in a dilemma, as he personally opposes proportional reresetuatioii. hr.it if lie refuses Government facilities for the Bill, he practically signs the Government's death-warrant. A crisis ol the first importance i* developing, and 11 1 is is the lirst lap of the Liberal-I.'i-hour ract* for the progressive vote of the country. CHANCELLOR ENLIVENS DEBATE. LONDON., May 2. Mr Philip Snowden (the Chancellor) enlivened a dull budget debate in Ice Commons. He denied the Budget was an clctioneering instrument. It was the tirst of a series of budgets tor ho expected to he there next year ami hoped to submit a scheme for widows' ! ensions before the end of the yea . The Chancellor declared the slimmer would he well done before the Housing Bid was passed and some further time would elapse before housing would begin. ' Mr Snowdon concluded by saying the | opulai it.v of the budget was shown by the fact that he hail heard that there was a movement aloot in the • ity to erect a statue to I,dll. AIR MINISTRY EXPERIMENTS. LONDON. May 2. The “Daily Mail" says Cabinet is 1 1 ion L to sanction cxpeiimcnl* with nirsliips greater in size, speed and power than anything hitheilo const meted, file pluiis include the Air Ministry's ifiieiul experiments collided with pri-,-ate commercial tests by Burneys nrgalisation. which will eoiislrilet, a now limit airship for the Anglo-Tmlinn sor-