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Hokitika Guardian, 2 May 1925, Page 3

BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Australian and n.z. cable assoctatio niti jc; i-; r ijhratk. l,()M)l)X, April Ai). Mr Churehill, ia closing lin; Bndgcl debate, made mii incidentiil rcl'ei'ciiis In there being danger in I In l worker.learning how in <|ii:ili!'v I’.ir tin* iini-iii-pliiyim'iil insurance: liistniil ly Ibcri wen* angry I.mli.iiu' (Ties of “\Yiih ’ - draw.!” These grew in intensity v. In i .Mr Churchill refused In "itinliaw. Hi ■ I 11 1 *lll plci 1 a dozen linns In resume speaking, ainl ciirli I inir he was incl uitli a volley lII’ shouting taunts I rum till.* Socialists. Mr Hnp-e. tin* Chair, man of CnnniiiUee. repontedly appealeil, saying llint Air Chun hill ln.il said lint hino nnt of iirder. After half an linin'. Air ( imnsilll at down. .Amid kind A! inis!erial rheers. lie ltll I In- llonse with the rest ol ike Al inisleriali.sts. ~ LONDON, Alay 1. In Ike Budget del.ale, All I’anisay .MacDonald denounced ike Budget on similar lines to Air I'liilip Snowden’s speech Air ('lmri liill, when replying to the dehate, was in a fighting mood. 1 1 , faced an angry scene when he expressed it in ns Ids opinion that it was in the interests of the trade unions and tile cmyploycrs to inform them.-elves of I he danger in the fact of the workers leariiing how to ipialily lor the nn-<-mlllnyiiit-iit. iii.siirance. Al Ini-., there were Labour cries ol ‘‘Shame!" “Disgraceful!" “li.siill ing In workers!” and “Withdraw!” All of these erics continued. in spite of the (Tininunii's appeals lor tinier. Air ('imriliill warmly declined I” withdraw his remark. A score i f 1..n1i nir nieiiihei s then sprang up. talking simultaneously. The Clninet llnr (Air (’linn hill) ironically eoiiiincnled ini the rights of free speech, lie remained on Ids leel for fifteen minutes, vainly trying !., g"l a hearing. !■'i<>:il!_v he sal down, suggesting that Ike niniimi .should ly taken forthwith since the Opposition acre not prepared to listen In the (iovernmcni.'s spokesman. The Commuiiisl member. Air Saklalynla, tiien m e to resume the dekale. 'i licreiipnii the hulk of ihe Ministerialists walked out. Air Kaldwin moved the .Insure, amid the kaekkeueh l.akouriles’ cries of “Dirty!” Tile l.akour menders challenged Ike division, kill they did not persist, on account of admonitions from Air .MacDonald. who, with I lie I.nhoiir front Lonches. did not participate in the inlefniptiuiis. The com in it toe stage was then closed. The debate will he resumed on the 7lli. .May. (101,1) BKCISIOX ATTACK KB. I.OXDOX. April HI). In the lluu.se of Commons, the gold standard deeision was assailed by a. broadside from a f onserval ive member. Sir Frederick Wise, the financial expert, who, after a detailed criticism of what lie termed “a gamble which prubidily will benefit nobody hut the Cniteil Slates.” declared: ”\\e did nut want to borrow more front America, and certainly we did not want to he in their hands. " A I,A I! At (T! HATHI >. I.OXDOX. April :10. The “ Daily Kxpress ” asserts that the llmlget proposals are creating alarm in industries such as shiphuihl- 1 ing and mining, which are iinakle to hear the ineuhii.s of the new insurance payments. The paper urges the postponement of the hurden, which may cause industrial ruin. I.OXDOX, May I. In the House of Commons, during the liudget debate, Air Ouiiim ile- i lending the now silk lax, denied that I silk was anything hut a luxury, lie I said it was mixed with wool and col- : |,igi merely to increase their altrac- 1 fiveitess. and was in no wise ecouiiiuical to the poorer classes, lie cited, as ; an example of the superiority of c.lfon, tlie fact, that the ladies preferred i that the ITet and the tops of stock- , incs, to which they hitched their stis- j ponders, should not he made of silk. , This sally was greeted with cheers ami s laughter. Mr (ini,mess scouted the suggestion that the silk tax would appro,aakl.. alVocL the industry