THE WELSH BILL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 13 January 1913, Page 5

THE WELSH BILL

INCUMBENTS' INTERESTS.

(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON. January 11.

! At Clause 14 of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, which safeguards the life interests of incumbents, Mr Gladstone moved to include the right of commutation, in order to immediate- . ry sever the Church from the State. ! Mr Reginald MoKenna stated that the acceptance of Mich an amend" . ment would mean material financial | alterations. The i-eason the Govern- ' ment had not included commutation in the measure was that iiioumlwnts j should retain life interests wherever ' they had a living. Ho agreed that i the commutation principle was wise, j and ho would therefor* submit a new . clause, providing for it, at the report j stage of the Bill. I The amendment of Mr Gladstone j was there'll mm negatived j The We]sh members strongly opposed Mr McKenna's acceptance of the proposal. | .Mr Edward Goulding, Unionist member for "Worcester, moved an amendment to allow consideration of the claims' of 561 assistant en rate* for comnensation.

Mr MoKenn.n. .strongly opposed the amendment, which Mas negatived bv 230 votes to 190.

But for the vrvfc* of tSn Nationalists, the Governrr-"T,t would have been in a minoritv of thirtv.

Many Radicals abstained from voting.

_ Messrs Barnes. Walsh, Keir-Hnr-dio and three colleagues voted with the Conservatives.