GENERAL CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

I I'nital Press Association—?!/ FAci- > trie Telegraph—Cvpj: tTHE CENSURE MOTION. , A HEATED DEBATE. •(Received August 9, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, August 8. In the Homo of Commors. during tho course of the debate o:i Mr Balfour's censure motion, strongly resented Mr F. E. Smith's ! taunts, gibes, and fierce invective. Mr Smith repeatedly interrupted, ! and accused Mr Asquith of giving advice to the King because Mr Redmond had ordered him to do so. He added I that the advice given to His Majesty was tho price of the 1909 Budget. Mr Asquith had R'->ld tho Prerogative for the Finance Bill. Sir R. B. Finlay interjected that it was absolutely wrong. Mr Asquith got the Crown's promise without seeing what the Leader of the Opposition had to fav. Mr Churchill replied and chaffed Mr Smith and other "diehards." The supporters of the Parliament Bill ask- . ed for facilities which tho Opposition j did not enjoy when in power, hut tho ) Government could no longer tolerate j a system whereby the larger part of the electorate was relegated to a state of political inferiority. The Government were unwilling to use the reserve powers of the Crown until the need became imperative. Hence the delay in tho creation of new Peers. Mr Churchill concluded by turning to the Opposition and crying: ' 'Censure us if you like., because we are going to pass Home Rule during this Parliament. Weshalldo.it." This statement was greeted with excited cries of "Ulster will fight." Sir Edward Carson, rose, and then Mr Asquith roSe and moved the closure. The O'Brienites did not support it, though they voted for Government on the motion of censure. ) The figures announcing the result of the division were greeted enthusiastically, supporters of the Government rising and cheering Mr Asquith. 1 The House of Commons to-day will consider the Lords' amendments seriatim. It is rumoured that tho Government has proposed a committee of four members —two nominated by the lead- i ers on each side —to assist the Speak- i er in adjudicating upon money bills. Baron Knollys, Private Secretary to ;the King, called upon Mr Asquith before he went to the House of Commons last night. Eighty peers have intimated that they will support Lord Morley. SIR WILFRID LAURlEß(Received August 9, 8.5 a.m.) HALIFAX, August 8. » Political circles are discussing the probable retirement of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. , The Hon. G. P. Graham, Minister of Railways, is mentioned as his probable successor. The Hon. A. B. Aylesworth, Minister of Justice, retires immediately. THE AUSTRALIAN PREMIER., (Received August 9, 9.10 a.m.) FREMANTLE, August 8. Mr Fisher arrived here to-day. Referring to the Conference, the , Prime Minister declared that a distinct step in advance had been made. | "I place no limit upon its growth or usefulness," he remarked, adding that a. marked feature was the action of the Imperial Government in talking the representatives of the Dominions 1 into the inner family circle. This must ' go far to prevent difficulties arising, besides helping to settle them when ! they do arise. j Regarding the naval agreement, Mr Fisher said he was glad to say that in future the Dominions would be consul- j ted whenever possible. j i The growth of the labour movement . in England, Mr Fisher added, is as- | sured. Nothing can stop its progress. THAT INTERVIEW, j (fteceived AuguSi §; 9.id a.m.) j FREMANTLE, August 6. 'j One- of his staff stated that Mr j Fisher got the shock of his life at Colombo when reading Mr Stead's | alleged interview. He never saw a : man so thunderstruck. ,Mr Fisher, when regarding the matter, declared that he had nothing more to say. He thought what he had said at Colombo covered the ground. He might add that it would have been stupid for him to ' say that we should haul down the Union Jack, hoist our own flag, and start on our own. We could not hoist our own because it was always flying here. Under the new naval agreement, Australian ships would fly at the stern the White Ensign as a symbol of the authority of the Crown, and at the Jack staff tfce Commonwealth flag. LABOUR TROUBLES. (Received August 9, 8.45 a.m.) • LONDON, August 8. Animated by Harelock Wilson's success in the seamen and firemen's . dispute, Mr Gosling, secretary of the | transport workers', has seized , the opportunity toi become the dictator of tho; transport world. : The coal porters want a revision of their tariff, the lightermen Want, the abolition of the distinction between daily and weekly men's pay, while the stevedores have not yet formulated their demands. Mr Askwith, secretary of the Board of Trade, is interviewing the various sections in the hope of discovering a basis of settlement. Large supplies of frozen meat are held up, and prices at Smithfield are rising. Hundreds of reels of paper cannot l>e handled. Five thousand carters have struck. (Received August 9, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, August 8. ' Fifty British tramp steamers aro threatened to be rendered idle. The Sailors' and Firemen's Union of Britain has ordered the men not to sign on the return voyage unless granted increased wajges similar to 'those in Britain.