BRITISH POLITICS.
, THE LICENSING BILL.. t it. .. London, July 22. In the House of Commons Lord Talbot moved that the Licensing Bill should apply to grocers' license" and on licenses." The Home Secretary, Mr. Hetbfert' A T;. ol,posed the arguing tlat the amendment would necessitate a separate compensation Scheme and a new refluetion scale. Mr. A. J. Balfour, Leader of the Opposition, in a fiery speech, impugned the Government's sincerity as a temperance reformer. Ministers, he said attacked publicans' licenses because they wished to plunder their political enemies, but they dared not attack tne off licenses" because thev were afraid to quarrel with their political friends. | The amendment was rejected by 308 ivotes to 128. 7 With the aid of the closure clause 1 was carried by 348 votes to 140.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 183, 24 July 1908, Page 3
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131BRITISH POLITICS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 183, 24 July 1908, Page 3
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