THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2335, 26 March 1892, Page 4

THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

London, March 23. Mr Burt, M.P., one of the labor representatives opposed to the second reading of the Miners' Eight Hours Bill expressed himself averse to legislation on the subject. Australia, he said, was the only country in which the eight hours' system waß successful, and this was the result of mutual agreement between employers and employed. In America the law was a dead letter. Mr Chamberlain supported, and Mr Matthews opposed the Bill. The motion for the second reading was lost by a majority of 112. The minority who voted for the Minerß' Eight Hours Bill included Sir W. V. Harcourt, Sir G. Trevelyn, Sir C. Russell, Mr Fowler, and Lord Randolph Churchill. Among its opponents were Mr Balfour, Mr Morley, and Sir Lyon Playfair. Mr Gladstone and Sir J. Gorst did not vote. The supporters of the Bill profess themselves gratified at the progress they have made. Mr E. Robertson member for Dundee, moved in the House of Commons yesterday for the abolition of the common law on the doctrine of conspiracy, with the object of justifying boycotting and the Plan of Campaign. The motion was rejected by 216 to 280. Sir W. V. Harcourt and Sir Charles Russell were among those who supported it.