IMPERIAL POLITICS
•• —■ - ■ 1THE INSURANCE BILL. REFERENDUM NOT DESIRABLE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 12. In the course of the debate on the Insurance Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Hahlane said that he regretted the lateness of the session. The alternative was to postpone the measure for a long period. Lord Lansdowne declared that it was futile to amend the Bill unless the Commons abjured their privileges. Though not a money Bill, it spelt money in every clause. The attempt to revise it would lead to barren and ineffectual wrangling, and saddle the Lords with a share of the responsibility for the Bill. A referendum was not desirable, as the machinery did not exist, and it would force the electors to choose the Government Bill or none. RECIPROCITY. London. December 12. In the House of Commons. Mr. Harconrt. Secretary for the Colonies, replying to Mr. Ncwdegate, Unionist member for Tainworth, said he was not aware that a Commonwealth parliamentarian was at Washington discussing the preliminaries for reciprocity.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 144, 14 December 1911, Page 5
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168IMPERIAL POLITICS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 144, 14 December 1911, Page 5
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