BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 71, 13 March 1908, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE SCOTTISH LAXD BILL. London, March 11. Ib the House ol Lords, Lord Loretain moved the second reading of the Scottish Small Holdings Bill. He offered to consider minor amendment* not affecting the "croftcrising" of the lowlands. Lord Montrose moved a hostile resolution. The debate was adjourned.

iCTIXG-PREMIERS INFLUENCE. London, March 11. The Standard attribute Cabinet's definite statement regarding naval construction to Mr. Asquith's growing ascendancy. The paper declares that Mr. Asquith U trying to induce Cabinet to break »W»y from the Socialists. He deputed Mr. F. Maddison (Radical) to move the rejection of Mr. J. H. Wilson's Unemployed Bill, which provides that registered unemployed men and their dependents are to be maintained at the public expense.

THE DUBLIN JEWELS ROBBERY. A MINISTER'S PROTEST. Received Jtth, 9.37 p.m. London, Ifarch 12. In the House of Commons, Mr. BirrelJ, Secretary for Ireland, in reply to Mr. William Redmond, protested against the Tery cruel and offensive Press statement regarding the Dublin crown jewels robbery. He added that no grave criminal scandal had been discovered and nobody was sheltered from prosecution.

THE AKMY ESTIMATES. i Loudon, March 12. In the discussion im the Army Estimates ,Mr. H. Fownes Luttrel moved to redoes tbe regular army personnel of 185,000 Djr 10,000. but tbe closure was carried by 186 to 31, and tbe Army vote •greed to.