BRITISH POLITICS.
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS. By Telegraph.—Press Asbb—Copyright. London, July 24. In the House of Commons Mr. Pike Pease (Assistant Postmaster-General) announced that the Pacific Board was considering the question of duplicating the cable. Mr. Harmsworth stated thai' 800 Natives had been killed and 15,000 wounded during the recent disturbances in Egypt. Mr. Bonar Law said that the Government had decided i,t would not be justified in breaking the contracts with the permanent civil servants of enemy origin, whose good conduct and loyalty was undoubted. The Government was laying down new rules concerning future appointments. Mr. Bonar Law promised a statement of the Government's decision regarding the nationalisation of mines before the recess. WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION BILL. i Received July 25, 11.5 p.m. 1 London, July 25. The House of Lords rejected the Labor Party's Women's Emancipation Bill. Lord Birkenhead declared it served no useful purpose in view of the introduction of the Government measure.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 July 1919, Page 5
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