IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 219, 4 February 1913, Page 5

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

INSURANCE EXPENDITURE. By Cable- Press Association -Copyright. London. February 2. The supplementary estimates include £l,S2.).llii;i for special grants for insurance. ANOTIIKi; I'LSTEI! ELECTION. Loudon. February ±. Obituary-Colonel .1. IF. MeCalmout, Unionist member for East Antrim. ("oloni 1 .McCalmoul was returned unopposed at tin' last election. j THE HOOK OF LAMENTATIONS. Fjondon, February 2. Mr. Austen (. iiauiberliun. speaking at Birmingham, commented on the deterioration of the House of (ominous. The closure made it impossible for members tu exeiei.se real pressure on Ministers. The benches remained empty, and the debate- were unreal. The lessened respect for Parliament threatened danger to representative institutions. There was a growing inclination to ipiestion the sanctity of the law. TRAITORS IN THE CAMP.

London. February '. During the debate on the Trade Unions Bill. Mr. Clem Edwards. M.P., violently attacked Lords Wolmer and Winterton. M.P.'s. for betraying trade union interests. f.ord Robert Cecil described Mr. Edwards'' conduct as tactics of the kind that make politicians stink in the nostrils of honest men. No prudent man could accept Mr. Edwards' statement without verifying the source from which \. was supposed to be drawn. Till-: INSURANCE ACT. Received E ].,") a.m. London, February '.]. There are 111!: 1 , doctor-' insurance panels in London.