BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 76, 19 March 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

AX AUTUMN SESSION. London, March 17. Till' Tini.'s asserts Unit tin- Covcrn- i moid proposes to iiiljourii Parliament in .Inly mill to liulil mi autumn session m October. . J -EN NY POSTAOE. ' London. March 17. The flail v Express states Mm I the Ruilgel will provide for pi'"". 1 :"«tage ; between Britain and America. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. .! Received 18th, 11.14 p.m. i London. March 18. s Tu tho ITouso of Lords. Lord Avebury's Sunilnv Closing Shops Bill was read a 11 second time, after a promise to make x amendments in the Bill to meet the ease >' of the .Tews. Lord OarriugWm's Agricultural Hold- | ''' ing's Bill, providing for the compensation I' for improvements on holdings, and also llic Small Holdings Allotments Bill, deal'd ;„« with the powers of county councils regarding the provision of the Small "- Holding" Loans to Tenants Bill, were ril also read a second time.

THE LICENSING BILL. Received 18th, 1d.43 p.m. London, March 18. 1 The Central Council of the Church of England Temperance Society, presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, f and attended by many bishops, endorsed i the Licensing Hill, and undertook to t support the extension of the time limit, 1 if 14 years were insufficient to prevent unreasonable strain on tho trade. The Times says that while the Government is willing'to materially extend the statutory period, the Opposition appear determined to resist the Bill to the utmost.