BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 322, 22 January 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

TUB RECENT ELECTIONS. DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR. I Loudon, January 21. Riotous scenes lollowed the uectaralion of tne poll at .vcwlon Amuol. A Liberal mob besieged the Conititution Club for hours, and broke every window. The mob assaulted Mesdaiues Punkhurst and Martcll, the women suffragettes, rolling them in the mud tor workng against the Liberals. THE GOVERNMENTS POLICY BILLS. FORECAST BY MR CHURCHILL. London, January 21. Mr AVinSton Churchill predicts the passage of the following measures during coining sessions:—ll)oß, Old Ago Pensions; 1909, Taxation of Land Values; 1910, a measure curbing the powci of the Lords.

MINERS' EIGHT HOURS BILL. Received 21st, y p.m. London, January 21. The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce unanimously decided to petition Parliament against the Miners' Eight Hours Bill, alleging that its passing would reduce the coal production by 39 millions annually, represented by the increase in the cost of eighteeirpence per ton.

BRITAIN'S FISCAL POLICY. Received 21st, 0 p.m. London, January 21. Lord Avebury, speaking at Dundee, said that if all the rest of the world beeittne protectionists Britain would still be wise to remain a free-trade country.