BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8106, 10 May 1906, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

PLUBAL VOTING ABOLITION. London, May 8. In the House of Commons, Sir H. Campboll-Bannerman, Prime Minister, 'replying to Lord Lonsdale, said it was not intended to dissolve after abolishing plural voting, which was not a reform of the first magnitude.

CHINESE ON THE RAND. THE REPATRIATION PROPOSALS. Capetown, Mar 8. A repatriation test case was heard at Pretoria, the mine-owners' counsel contending that the posting of the notice amounted to an inducement to to coolies to leave. Judgment was reserved. London, May 8. In the House of Commons Mr Churchill said Chinamen's contributions to repatriation expenses were unnecessary, all cases being provided for when a bona fide desire to return was plainly manifest. " The Tribune " declares the Government have pledged themselves plainly to the policy that the Chinese are free to quit, and ought to tell the Chinese se equally plainly.

COLONIAL MARRIAGES BILL, Beceivcd 9, 10.20 p.m. / London, May 9. The Colonial Marriages Bill was introduced by Lord Elgin and read a first time. MAORI LAND SETTLEMENT ACT. Received 9,11.30 p.m. London, May 9. In the House of Commons, Mr Churchill, answering Mr Asbby, said the Government did not see any reason to disallow the New Zealand Maori Land Settlement Act of 1905. It did not infring* the Treaty of Waitangi, which gave no satisfaction whatever to the Maoris.