BRITISH POLITICS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9137, 9 July 1908, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. Received July S, $.14 a.m LONDON, July 7. The Government has arranged that the Daylight Saving Bill shall be examined by the Board of Trade, in consultation with representatives of the trades and labour and transport interests.

COAL MINES EIGHT HOURS BILL.

SECOND READING CARRIED,

Received July 8, 8.14 a.m. LONDON, July 7. In the House of Commons, a fotion by Mr J. F. Mason (Conservative member for Windsor), for the rejection of the Coal Mine 3 Eight Hours Bill, was lost by 390 to 120. The Bill was then read a second time. Replying to the Opposition, Mr Herbert Samuel (Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office) stated that a strike would follow the rejection of the Bill. Mr Bonar Law (Conservative member for Dulwich Division of Camberwell) declared that the passing of the Bill would be likely to cause a strike, as Durham and Northumberland miners, who now worked six and a half hours, would have to work longer.

The Right Hon. Winston Churchill (President of the Board of Trade) insisted that the Bill would benefit 900,000 colliers in respect to health, industrial efficiency, education, and culture, by giving them time to think, read, and cultivate their gardens. Ref lying to a question as to why the legislation for an eight-hours day at mines, Mr Churchill retorted: "Why should we stop there?" The Labour Party cheered loudly. THE EDUCATION BILL. "PRACTICALLY DEAD." Received July 8, 10.20 p.m. LONDON,. July 8. The "Telegraph" says that the Education Bill is practically dead, and affords no basis for negotiation.