IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

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LONDON' lCAl'im Mil HALt'OIK'S LANGUAGE. London, March 21. 11l the House of Commons, Mr WW Crooks' (Labor) motion flint inequality ill the rates ot different portions of London required tile early attention ot Parliament was agreed to. J)r McNaniar.i declared that it must be considered )n connection with the whole question of local government. 'jlie speaker, in l'cpfy to Air J. U. MaeNeil (Nationalist), said that if anyiio.ly believed ilr Balfour, when receiving the previous day's deputation, in win., tne words •'fraud," ''criminal'," and "•'letfulnlivi! conspiracy" intended to impute that the Ministers' conduct was capable of being indicted, It was obviou-. that a breach of privilege had been committed. He held that no mala liilcs was inipuloiL TJioy knew tliut in tiie ardor of a political contest words ivere often eoiisiileraltly strained. lie felt confident there had been no breach of privilege. j FLOGGING IN ,TliK ARMY. London, March 21. An all-night sitting in the liouso ot Commons continues. The House is discussing a proposal that flogging and all corporal punishment in the army ba abolished in war time.

A LONG SITTING. I ; j Received 22m1, 10.4 p.m. London, March 22. The House of Commons sat continui ously for twenty-seven hours, due to the Opposition resenting a breach |»fj the. arrangement for business. Mil Balfour, towards the close, warmly protested against tlie Government's reckless breach of Parliamentary pledge. |