IMPERIAL POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 140, 16 December 1911, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS

DOCTORS AND THE INSURANCE BILL By Cable -1V« \*<"< 'it'on-Copyright. I li.m. Dn.mber 14. A rpfiu i' 'mil .'i :'■-'*■■■<) iloi'lnrs on the Insurance !• 'I In- i-rimim-m-ril. !:.;..».., IT, !i -,it p.m. I.iiiii.n |)i l i-ihlht 15. A meet'ii',' nf two tin ii-.m.l doctors at Mancheslei • ,-nlu,) i,, i, f■ i~ t » to act under the In » inn Hi". Tin y favored forming an ■ • :i ■ I innl nl union to safeguard the pi<-1.-vun.il interests. CUTTING DOWN EXPENDITURE. AN IMPOSSIBILITY AT PRESENT. London. December 14. Mr. Lb.yd Cmmp. in the House of Commons. >.ril time m; little hope of • reduction ; n CNp.iiclitme. In the House of Common-, which alone could effect ecoin w\. tin \ were alwavs pressed for greater < \i>i-nililii■<■. If Parliament wanted economy it niu-t mould the foreign policy in such a way as to render an increase of aimamrnls unnecessary. The Government Imncrl to reduce the national debt hv fHi.stKi.ooo this year, making a i>>liK-tii<n of eighty millions daring its iomic of office. The Premni >iid-thc Appellate Jurisdiction Bill would be reintroduced in 1912. Parliament will be prorogued on Saturday, and ir:ts.i-inlil(* on February 14. A deputation'accepted the Premier's promise to set up a committee on the Estimates. THE FINANCE BILL. Received 15. 9.50 p.m. London. December 15. The Speaker withheld his certificate in connection with the Finance Bill, on the ground that c'auscs were attached to it giving.the Lords the right to reject it.