LICENSING BILL.
THE TIME-LIMIT. ' . ATTITUDE OF ANGLICAN CHURCH.; BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYIUGHT. - (Rec. 1 March 18, 11.43 p.m.) ; , • ' " London, March 18. The/ Contral Council of the Church of England Temperance Society/'presided over by the Archbishop :of Canterbury,' and attended by many bishops,' endorsed the Government's Licensing Bill, but undertook to support the' extension'of the time-limit within which compensation is' payiblo 1 for nonrenewal of licenses.;; It was considered that ll years, (the period now in the Bill) is insufficient to .prevent , an unreasonable strain on,the trade. •
" The Times" say's that while the Government is wiling to materially extend the statutory' period, the Opposition appear to be' determined to./resist..the Bill to the utmost;; , ■ The Church of 'Ehifiand Tompflranco'- Sooioty appears to have 1 followed the . moderato lines laid down by the, Bishop'of London, some of whose utterances wero. recently .quoted.. The Bishop of' London proposes , that the Hnie.limit be increased ■ .'from' fourteen ; years ! to : tweuty-one years;. • V ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 7
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155LICENSING BILL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 150, 19 March 1908, Page 7
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