BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9091, 18 May 1908, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

■ # A BY-ELECTION. LONDON, May 15. The by-election for the Newport division of Shropshire to rill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Kenyon-Slaney resulted as follows: . ; Stanier (Unionsl) 5,328 F. Neilson (Liberal) 4,377 Unionist majority 951 IHE EDUCATION BILL. LONDON, May 15. The Unionist party has decided to support the motiun of Lord Balcarres (Conservative member for Chorley) for the rejection of the Government's Education Bill. PENALISING THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS. Received May 17, 4.16 p.m. LONDON, May 16. Mr J. O'Donnell, National .member of the House of Commons, in reply to the manifesto of the Irish League of Great Britain, said that Mr McKenna's bill penalises the Catholic schools of London to the extent of twenty shillings per child. There was only one urgent question for the Irish in England now, namely, to save the schools from being financially bled to death.

Last week the executive of the United Irish League .issued a manifesto condemning Catholics who support Unionist candidates in the interests of Catholic schools, thereby abandoning the cause of Ireland. COLONIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Received May 1,7, 4.15 p.m. LONDON, May 16. At the Mayor of Westminster's banquet the. Right Hon. Walter Long, Conservative member f.>r Dublin (County, South) said that he hoped soon to see representatives of the colonies sitting in the House of Commons, in the interests of the Empire, which, he added, "they have made as much as ourselves."