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j PENSIONS DISCUSSION GUILLOTINED. I j - LONDON. June 18. !• Mr. Asquith, being absent at Cambridge receiving an honorary degree, Mr. ; Lloyd-George moved 1 Mr. Asquith's resolution in favour of the application of the guillotine to the Old Age Pensions Bill, the resolution being carried by 306 votes to 102, after a lengthy debate. Mr. Balfour protested that the House's privileges were being curtailed to an unprecedented extent, and that, too many controversial measures were introduced in a single session. Mr. Lloyd-George replied that the resolution was a summary expedient intended to deal with a temporary difficulty.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 146, 19 June 1908, Page 5
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