BRITISH POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 34, 3 August 1911, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

THE VETO BILL. BEFORE THE LORD ON THE 9tli. By o».W«—Pt«m Association—Copyright. Received 2, 11 p.m. j London, August ?. 1 Lord Morley, in a letter to' Government supporters in the House of Lords, states that a decision on the Parliament Bill would probably be taken in the House of Lords on the 9th inßt. He urges their attendance to combat the j hostile action of a small minority aiming at the Bill's rejection. He adds that 1 the great majority of Opposition peers deprecate the rejection of the Bill. INSURANCE BILL THE CASE OF CLERGYMEN. Received 3, 12.10 a.m. London, August 2. Mr. Lloyd-George, in a letter to the South Wales Calvanistic and Methodist Associations, states that clerjgymen came within the provisions of the insurance scheme, either compulsorily and volun-1 tarily, the former if under contract of service and the salary did not exceed £l6O per annum. MEETING THE DOCTORS. Received 3, 12.10 a.m. London, August 2. Mr. Lloyd-George, speaking in the House of Commons, said that if he found the hospitals seriously endangered by the operation of the Insurance Bill, the duty of the Government would be to find a remedy. He accepted Dr. Addison's amendment for transferring the administration of medical benefit from approved societies to the local health committees. Dr. Addison declared that doctors objected to contract practice, and the prospact of its extension throughout the country they viewed with alarm. His amendment would be regarded as a fair settlement of the differences between the societies and the doctors. THE NAVAL PRIZE BILL. Received 2. 11.30 p.m. London, August 2. The House of Commons, sitting in committee, rejected the proposal to exclude' merchantmen converted for war purposes without notice from the scope of clause 25 in the Naval Prize Bill. i AGRICULTURAL CREDIT BILL. Received 2, 9.20 p.m. London, August 2. The Agricultural Credit Bill, to secure capital for small agriculturists, was read a second time in the House of Lords. BATHS AT PITHEADS. London, August 1. The House of Commons, in committee, rejected the clause making miners' baths at pitheads compulsory. THE LABOR PARTY. London, August 1. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald does not seek re-election to the secretaryship of the Labor Party, and Mr. A. Henderson will probably be appointed.