THE VETO BILL.
By Telegraph-Press Associatkm-Copyricut (Rec. April 12, 0.20 a.m.) London, April 11. By the suspension of the eleven o'clock rule and the adoption of the "Kangaroo" closure, empowering; the Chairman of Committees to winnow out .iniendroents, the House of Commons has carried tho first sub-section of Clause 1 of the Veto Bill. Mr. Churchill, Home Secretary, accepted an amendment making it. clear that tho clause deals with public and not with private money Bills. SPEECH BY ME. RUNCIMAN. (Rec. April 11, 10.15 p.m.) London, April 11. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of tho Board of Education, in addressing the National Liberal Club on the Veto Bill, said the measure was feared not for itself, but. because it would make possible Home Rule and educational, licensing, and electoral reforms. Tho last-named were most feared. Turning to the question of education, Mr. Runciman said ho wanted the religious difficulty removed in order to enable the country to attend to the actual business of education itself, which was linked with every phase of social reform.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 7
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173THE VETO BILL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1100, 12 April 1911, Page 7
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