THE LICENSING BILL
GUILLOTINE HOTWff. : METHODS TO FORCE A PASSAGE, MAIN FIGHT IN THE AUTUMN. (oi TSMQBApn—PBESS ASSOCIATION—-COPXBIGHT.) (Rce. July 16, 10.5Q p.m.) London, July 16Tho "guillotiue" resolution which the. Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, is to move to facilitate the passage of the Licensing Bill, proposes to allot the time as follows Two days will be allowed, before the re- ■ cess, for tho discussion on Clause 1, which provides that the Licensing Justices, shall reduce tho number of licenses in their district so that at the.end of a period of fourteen years from April 5, 1909, tlio number of licenses shall not exceed ' scales, iix the. schedules of the Act.' The remainder of tho Bill will be dealt with during the autumn session. Nineteen days will be devoted to committee,; five days to the report stage, and. one day' to the third reading debate- ' " ' LABOUR LEADER PRESENTS A HUGE : < PETITION..: Londoni July 15. 'In the House of Commons, Mr.-.A. Hen. derson (chairman of the. Labour party) presented a Wesley an petition in favour of the Licensing ?i11,.. weighing 12cwt. - It is nine miles in length, and has 61&0OO signatures attached. Tho petition had to be wheeled into the Houso on a trolley.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 252, 17 July 1908, Page 7
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202THE LICENSING BILL Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 252, 17 July 1908, Page 7
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