BRITISH POLITICS.
ENGLISH LAST) BILL. London, August 2(1. The House of Louis has passed the English Land Settlement Bill.
(The Act is designed to enable Eng-i lish peasants to occupy small farms—from five to fifty acres—on a leasehold tenure. An amendment moved in the Commons in favor of the freehold was' rejected.) • ; v. ;? . i^H^jl
MARRIAGE WITH DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. NOW LEGAL IN BRITAIN.
Received 28th, 12.10 a.m. London, August 27. The House of Lords read a third time the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill by 98 to 54. The Archbishop of Canterbrv. while Stating that the clergy would do their best to ensure the smooth working of the Act, remarked that it was the first time in Church of England history that th" law of the State was being brought J into direr t contradiction to the law of the Church.
LAND VALCES (SCOTLAND) BiLL
THROWN OCT IN THE LORDS.
Received 28th, 12.18 a.m. London, August 27. In the House of Lords, the Land Values (Scotland) Bill was negatived by 118 to 31. °
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 28 August 1907, Page 3
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