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PRIORITY FOR VETO BILL.
GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT ! EXPECTED.
. (Received March 30; 2 p.m.)
. v ■ ' LONDON, March 29. It is understod the Government will ! announce to-morrow that it will not oppose the Lords' discussion of the question of their own- reform, but will claim priority for the Veto Bill, relying on a majority in the House bf Commons to carry the Government policy.
The First Commissioner of Works (Earl Beauchamp) resumed the debate in the House of Lords on : the Referendum Bill. He quoted instances where the referendum had failed, notably, in Australia, where , a Labour Ministry had reversed a" vote taken by referendum, and in Canada.' ; where 2S■;> per~ cent of the people had vot-ecL for prohibition. • i ■ : " ■■". ■■■•;■■.
The Referendum Bill debate has been, adjourned, indefinitely.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10201, 31 March 1911, Page 5
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