BRITISH POLITICS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8246, 11 December 1911, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

THE INSURANCE BILL.

Per Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, December 9. An employers' meeting at Manchester, representing 207 North of England trades and 900 firms, urged Parliament to postpone the National Insurance Bill, on the ground that it was neither understood nor sanctioned by the country, and gravely imperilled industries. Sir Charles Macara, who presided, declared that to the ordinary cotton spinning company, on the profits of the past twenty-seven years^ the Bill was; equivalent to an increase of a farthing in the pound on the income tax.

An memorandum shows that it is intended that the Insurance 13ill shall come into operation on July 15. Power is taken to substitute a date not later than January Ist, 1913. (Received December 11, 8.5 "a.m.) 1 LONDON, December 10. A meeting of city clerks has w ged the re-casting-of the Insurance Bill. A meeting;'of colliery owners at Birmingham has adopted a protest against the Bill.