BRITISH POLITICS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 131, 2 December 1908, Page 5

BRITISH POLITICS.

„ *-.__- y THE EDUCATION BILL/ ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. BILL NOT YET COMPLETE. .Press Assn— Bytelegraph— Copyright. LONDON, yesterday. In the House of Commons, the. first .^ifilause of Jthe New. Education Bill, to%ublicly conteste & for % teACher%, and fftgtona, - %% C%»ei£--o£J^P|e sstenf ©laeacliing corrtpullory~ V"tw tn%ee-miari%» of,ian hour daily., \ >S»^MU?rie» by f M \d\U? after a sharp and acrimonious debate. The Prime Minister/ Iflb. »__s^ui% ; implied that tho'_<_<ador. of the Opposition, Mr Balfour,- 'was* trying to wreck tho measure. Mr BalfoiirV Rt./Hon .tliei Premier would not dare to use such offensive language if the; committee; wero not working under a gag.'* Continuing. Mr Balfour urged the. « Governmeut te sa'y^ •■whether" a coni- ' , ;plete. understanding had been reached with : the. Anglican and ■■' Catholic hi«rai:oh__jregardinK the adequacy of the Government's financial terms* . **> "J- -Mr^Awpjith denied 'that 5 her represented the -Bill:-, as a complete' agree- > <n_ent. -. He regarded the principle of the first i clause, -^representing^^ a concession th& Church made to'Nonoonv foraity with, .in. return, oortesponding sacrifices-, iii . later clauses made by the NohwrafoHriists to the Church. Ho was anxious*, 'that the right of entry be adequktraly safeguarded, and -considered that (-contracting out was an essential' -"feature .ot the compromise. The exchequer would :pay con-tracted-out isohools $5 jjer cent, of the cost of al child, ' leaving .only 15 per > cent, which'wouftrbe provided by subvscription.' ■' •"*- '" •'• r: A LONDON,, Yesterday. The Bishops' of Birmingham and Manchester, _>fds-S(-I-sbury, Newcastle, Shaftsbury> Halifax and Hugh Cecil, Dean Wace arid other advanced •churchmen are formfixg a committee to oppose future stages, of M-'Runci- •'■' i-jf-nVBiuV \0 ■,*>'■■•■•• ■" (Received this uay, ' 8.3T a.m.) LONDON, yesterday. '■- The extreme Nonconformist Com.moners aro dissatisfied with the right of entry under 'the- Education Bill, r .and, are urging ; M> •Asquith,, to-with-drai-w jlfhe measure: '"'• * : X*■ V OLD AGE •PENSIONS. "X: (Received* this day, 8:37 a.m.) LONDON. Yesterday. There have been . 867;197 applica- ,. -tions for old tuge pensions in England ; 193,138 in Ireland; 67,785 in Scotland; and 23,950 iri Wales. The total originally estimated was half a million. .''" THE CHILDREN'S BILL. (Receive this day, 8.37 a.m.) LONDON, yesterday. The House of Lords passed the Children's Bill, introducing from the -dead Licensing Bill the clause prohibiting a child from entering the bar -of licensed premises.. A POLITICIAN IN TROUBLE. -A (Received this day, 8.37 a.m.) LONDON, Yesterday. Mr H., W. Bottemloy, Liberal M.P. for Hackney South, answered a summons at the Guildhall on a charge of conspiracy te defraud the public in •connection with the Joint Stock Trust Finance Corporation.