BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1927, Page 3

BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

(Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) QUESTIONS IN COMMONS. (Received this cfay at 11.0 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 7. In the Commons, arising trom Mr Coolidge’s suggestion that AngloAmerican viewpoints were accorded before the Geneva Conference, Sir Locker Lampson told Mr Santlow there were no conferences before the meeting, while those held during the conierence were informal and private and not recorded. Commander Kenworthy—lV ill the Admiralty’s prepared scheme for a reduction he submitted to a preliminary commission 'i Sir Locker Lampson—The Government will not lose any opportunity for furthering limitation. The British representative has discretion to bring down proposals at the February meeting, if it propitious. Mr Howard Bury—Have not we reduced more than anybody else, and in view of the increases elsewhere will you see there are no further reductions P Sir Locker Lampson—l cannot an swer that. Replying to a questioner, Mr Bridgeman, referring to recent jamming of the submarine Oxley’s steering gear in the Channel, denied she and her sister ship were engaged in making a film.