BRITISH POLITICS.
London, April 29. The Royal Assent has been giveu to the Budget. London, April 30.
The Government has issued its Parliament Bill, the measure dealing with the relations of the two Houses and the veto of the House of Lords.
The preamble of the Bill foreshadows au ultimate Second Chamber on a popular basis. The Bill itself provides that when a month has elapsed after a money Bill being seut up from the House ot Commons to the House of Lords, the consent of the Lords may be dispensed with on the King’s assent. The Speaker’s certificate declaring that it is a money Bill is to acompany its presentation to the King.
Bills other than finance Bills shall similarly become law if they are rejected a third time by the House of Lords after passing the House of Commons in three successive sessions, not necessarily in the same Parliament. The maximum duration of Parliament will be five years. London, April 30.
The by-election for South Edinburgh, caused by the appointment of Mr Arthur Dewar (Liberal) as a Judge of the Court of Session, Edinburgh, resulted in the return of Mr Lyell (Liberal) Mr Lyell’s majority was 2327 ; Mr Dewar’s majority in January last was 2334.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 834, 3 May 1910, Page 2
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