BRITISH GOVERNMENT DEFEAT
ADVERSE VOTE ON A QUESTION - OF OIL ROYALTIES. (Roc. October 26, 6.10 p.m.) London, October 25. In the House of Commons, during A discussion on the Petroleum- Bill, th« ,! Government was defeated by forty-four votes to thirty-five upon its proposal to pay surface owners in' Britain a royalty of'Od. per ton.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TThe British Petroleum Bill is design: ; ed to regulate and encourage the develop- .;; ment of oil-boring and production in the -, British Isles.] ..•■■.... :
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 28, 27 October 1917, Page 9
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