BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8386, 21 March 1907, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

MINISTER JOINS AN IRISH LEAGUE. Received March 20, 7.50 a.m. LONDON, March 19. Dr. Macnamara, Under-Secretary of the Local Government Board, at the St. Patrick's Day celebration at Peckham (a suburb of London), was admitted a member of the Dulwich branch of the Irish National League of Great Britain. This is the first instance of a .Minister joining a militant Irish organisation.

BRITISH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. Received March 20. 10.27 p.m. LONDON, March 20. In the House of Commons Mr Lloyd George introduced a Bill to prevent the obstruction of British industrial development by the abuse of patents. It compels foreigners to work their patents here, and prevents them imposing onerous conditions on Britishers using the patents.

HOME RULE. Received March 20, 9.37 p.m. LONDON, March 20. Lord Abercorn introduced to Mr A. Balfour 50 delegates representing the unionist organisations in Ireland,wro urged the need to combat the schemes in the direction of Home Rule. Mr Balfour justified the Local Government Act as the outcome of a sound farsighted unionist policy. Yet the information obtained from all the quarters he had consulted showed that the dominant party in Ireland used it as a great electoral machine to promote a Nationalist interest, while the community's interests were fatally sacrificed. The inference is clear that those proving unworthy of the trust conferred upon them in small matters could not be given charge of larger matters.