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London, April 27.
In the House of Commons, a motion to cancel the Lord President of the Council’s salary, on the ground that the office was a sinecure, was negatived by 232 to 134. The Government was reminded of their pledges of economy. They declared Lord Crewe deserved the salary of ,£2OOO for representing the Board of Education in the House of Lords. The minority included twenty-one Nationalists present, all Mr Keir-Hardie’s followers, the Unionists, and five Liberals. The Times says that if the wh fie of Mr Sedmond’s followers we-e present the majority would have been below fortv.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3644, 1 May 1906, Page 2
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101General Items. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3644, 1 May 1906, Page 2
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