IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 86, 15 August 1913, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE FINANCIAL BILL. [By Electric Telegraph— Copyright j [United Press Association.] London, August 14. The Financial Bill was read a third time. APPELLATE JURISDICTION BILL (Received 8.25 a.m.) London, August 14. The House of Lords passed the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill. CHESTERFIELD BY-ELECTION.

(Received 9.15 a.m.) London, August 14. Mr John Dockers is the UnionSocialist candidate for Chesterfield and Mr E. Christie is the Unionist candidate. FOOTBALL BETTING. Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, August 14. In the House ofi Commons, Mr Asqui tli stated that the question of football betting is receiving serious atten* tion. The authorities are fully alive to the necesity of an alteration of tho existing law. THE LAND QUESTION. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Mr Thome (Liberal member for Wolverhampton East), has introduced a bill providing that alter the first o January, persons holding above fift; acres of uncultured land and guilty c 1 i misdemeanour upon conviction, shall be ejected, and the land invested thenceforth in the Commissioner of Woods and Forests, the ejected person receiving from the Consolidated Fund,, a sun/equal to five years' produce from tho land before conviction.