BRITISH POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 35, 4 August 1911, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS

a vote of censure; ■y G&bls<— Pros London, August 2. Mr. Balfour gave notice to move, on Monday, a vote of censure on the Government for having obtained a pledge for the creation of peers and' thuß having committed a gross violation of Constitutional liberty and precluded the people from pronouncing on Home Rule. He also intimated thai he would ask the Premier for the date when the pledge was asked f oft ! \ Mr. Asquith, being jjhdlsposed, was absent from the House.' . '■•fo 1 MR. BALFOUR'S SUDDENNESS. • •

Received 3; 10 p.m. London, August 3. Lord Lansdowne, on behalf of Lord Curzon, gave notice of the moving of a vote of censure on the Government in the House of Lords on Tuesday, in similar terms to Mr. Balfour's motion.

The latter's motion was sprung with dramatic suddenness, and is regarded in the lobby as a demonstration of force, aiming at the reconciliation of the Unionists and tending tola satisfactory combative policy of the 'fsfalwarts." . . . ■• i

PASSAGE OF VETO BILL ASSURED. Received 3, 10 p:m. London, August 3. The passage of the Veto Bill is practically' settled. Parliament will hold an autumn session and then adjourn for a fortnight, resuming in October. THE INSURANCE! BILL. Received 3, 10 p.m. London, August 3. Friendly societies regard Dr. Addison's amendment to the Insurance Bill as an infringement on* thejr self-manage-ment.

Sir P. Magnus' amendment, excluding earners with incomes of £lO4 annually from medical benefits, was negatived. Sir P. Magnus said that if it was accepted the doctors would co-operate loyally. Mr. Lloyd-George resisted the amendment, which, he pointed out, would exclude the industrial population from the long-accustomed club medical benefits, but he accepted Dr. Addison's amendment giving the local health committees power to fix the salary limit beyond which an insured person will make his own medical arrangements,