ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.
A HEATED DEBATE,
SCENE NARROWLY AVERTED,
Received July 22, 8.38 a.m. LONDON, July 21
The House of Commons spent an all night sitting over the first clause of the Licensing Bill—providing for the statutory limitation of licenses—without making any progress. There was much heat displayed during the debate. A sharp passage occurred between the Right Hon. H. H. Asquith (Prime Minister) and Mr Austen Chamberlain, the latter declaring that the Premier was discourteous in suggesting that he (Mr Chamberlain) had not read the Bill. Lord R. Cecil and other members intervened.
The Chairman finally stopped the tumult, narrowly averting a scene.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 5
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104ENGLISH LICENSING BILL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9149, 23 July 1908, Page 5
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