BRITISH POLITICS.
Press Association. —Copyright, London, .■". ugust 21, Tho House of Commons had an all night sitting discussing the Evicted Tenants Bill. It disagreed with several amendments made by the House of Lords, notably that limiting the number of evicted tenants. Government agreed to restrict- the operation of tho Act to four years instead of three for tho acquisition of laud and determination of tenancies.
Tho House of Lords, by 'l.ll to TO, read a second time the "Peccas.ed Wife's Bisters' Bill. Seventeen Bishops voted \yith the minority. Tho Archbishop of Canterbury insisted that there was no popular demand for the Bill. Lord James of Hereford and Lord Loreburn supported the measure.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8901, 22 August 1907, Page 2
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112BRITISH POLITICS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8901, 22 August 1907, Page 2
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