BRITISH POLITICS.
' ' ■ ' v •* ' . .. THE LICENSING BILL. MONSTER PETITIONS. Received May 6, 12.22 a.m. LONDON, May 5. Lord Robert Cecil, Conservative member for East Marylebone, has presented to Parliament a London petition bearing 600,000 signatures, covering nine miles of paper, protesting against the Licensing Bill. Mr John Wilson, Liberal member for Worcestershire North, has also presented a petition to Parliament, bit in favour of the Bill. This petition is a mile and one-third in length, and contains 169,510 Methodists signatures.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9082, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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79BRITISH POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9082, 6 May 1908, Page 5
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