BRITISH LICENSING BILL.
London, November 21. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister, Mr Asquit J '._ % strongly defended the Licensifls ll,^:;: , Bill, declaring that it represented the good sense and considered judgment of the House of Commons. After a vigorous reply for the Opposition, the third reading was carried. The voting was : For the Bill 350 Against the Bill ... 113 Majority for ... 237 The measure was then sent to the House of Lords, and formally read a first time. Mr Balfour and the Lords. “Perfectly Safe.’* London, November 22. Speaking at Cardiff, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Balfour) said he was cofident that temperance reformers were working on wrong lines in the Licensing Bill. The House of Lords, he thought, was perfectly safe, despite the vituperative rhetoric of Mr Birrell (who recently declared that the Licensing Bill was no concern of the , Lords, and that they would be on dangerous ground if they rejected it).
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 24 November 1908, Page 2
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157BRITISH LICENSING BILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 24 November 1908, Page 2
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