NOT BREAKING THE LAW.
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LONDON, April 1." In the House of Commons Mr. Claude Lowther (Unionist) asked the Prime Minister whether it was true that the expenses of 40 members of the House were provided by the trades unions at the recent elections, despite the fact that such payments had been declared by'the Osborne judgment to be illegal Mr. Asquith declined to make a definite statement upon the subject. ■ Mr.Kamsay Mac Donald (chairman of the I*bour party), on being interviewed regarding Jfc. Lowjherfcquestion, said that the statement conveyed in It was, in a general sense, true. The Labour party; he said, wae not breaking the law, but was simply ignoring it No injunction had been placed upon the trades unions, and they were continuing to do what they had done "before.
The unions,.he- added, declined to recognise a position which was admitted to be Unfair, and which was about to be removed. The Labour party was holding the fort whilst Parliament was considering the. remedy.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 79, 3 April 1911, Page 5
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