BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 110, 30 April 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

IUiLIUiOUS INSTiIICTiON I.N SSOHOULS. I Loudon, April 2'J. I Dr. Clifford, the Nonconformist leader, I sinking at tile annual assembly of the llaptisl Union, urged that tlie Minister of Education should be asked to convene a conference renrescntativc of lii« churches of the nation with a view to arriving at an agreement regarding religious instruction in schools, A resolution to this eil'eet was carried by tfle meeting. UK. CHURCHILL STANDS Jj'OU DUNDEE. London, Auril 28. Mi> Winston Churchill wil be a candidate for the Dundee seat in the House of Commons. (Mr. E. Jlobertson, a colleague of Mr. Churchill's in the late Ministry, iias resigned the Dundee seat). I THE LICENSING BILL.

SUPPORTED BY CATHOLIC CLERGY. Loudon, April 28. Cardinal Loguc and nearly all the Catholic Bishops of Ireland urge the Nationalist members of the House of Commons to support the Government's Licensing BUI. ENDORSED BY ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Received 2'Jl'li, 10.25 p.m. Loudon, April 21). The Archbishop of Canterbury, ail-' dressing the. Church of England's Temperance Society at Lambeth Palace, saiu Le was convinced the principles of the Licensing Bill were right, true, and just, 'line 'difficulties of the time limit for clubs were capable of solution. THE DEBATE OPENED. Received 20th, 11.40 p.m. London, April 20. Mr. H. H. Asquith, in moving the second reading of the Licensing Bill, admitted that the Act of 1004 had substantially diminished the number of licenses, though tEc process was uneven,

sporadic, aud very costly. The Government's Bill made the process compulsory, uniform, cheaper, and more effective. Mr. Asquith, while he did not offer substantial concessions, promised to give sympathetic consideration to practical suggestions for the suppression of bogus clubs. He declared that 1 the Government were not intimidated by threats of disaster and ruin if they ' laid sacrilegious hands on the brewers' ; interests. Those who threatened mis- ; calculated the potentcy of the forces • behind the Bill. Mr. Cave moved the Opposition's amendment, urging the House not to proceed with the measure, which was 1 not promoted for temperance, and violated the principles of equity. The debate was adjourned.