BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 99, 15 April 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE ALU C-llil-MiJ.-PRESS UIiUCISM. London, April 13. The Daily Mail says Mr. ..iclveiiua . promotion 10 the control ol l" e A ' l ' miraity has aroused a storm 01 eruil eism even in Liberal circles. lie is ( supposed to be a "little -Navy'' man. I Hie .Mail thinks Karl Crewe is likely ; tu act on fairly sale and cautious lines as Secretary lor the Colonies. The Standard rejoices at ill'. Church- j ill's removal fruni the Colonial Ullice, remarking that he has contrived to irritate the statesmen of every self-govern-ing colony except " the two which lately fought against our sovereign." THE MANCHESTER SEAT. London, April U. Received April 14, 11.15 p.m. .Mr. Ci. Hales, the well-known war correspondent, and an Australian, proposes to contest North-West Manchester I , as a Labour, tariff and army reformer, although Sir. Joynsun Hicks opposes Mr. | Winston Churchill on behalf of the I Unionists. ; THE LICENSING LEGISLATION. - London, April 14. Lord Carrington states that if the Licensing Bill is defeated it is nearly certain that there will be no further licensing legislaton in this generation-