IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 118, 12 February 1926, Page 9

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

MYSTERIOUS ABSENCE WHEREABOUTS OF SIR GUY GAUNT UNKNOWN (Rec February 11,, 5.5 p.m.) London, February 11. The "Daily Express” lobbyist states the “mvstery” of Sir Guy Gaunt’s absence from the House of Commons was discussed by all sides of the House today. He had been absent a year. His friends are without information, but they believe he is in either America or Australia. He met with an accident in 1924, in which his collarbone was broken. Mr. Jackson, Unionist secretary, believes Sir Guy has gone to America, though the whips say they do not know nis whereabouts.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. QUESTION OF BIRTH CONTROL DIVERGENT LABOUR VIEWS. London, February 10. In the House of Commons, the motion of Mr. E. Thurtle (Lab.) for leave to introduce a Bill empowering local authorities to impart birth control knowledge to poor women, on the grounds that such knowledge should not be limited to well-to-do people, was rejected by 167 votes to 81. The Rev. J. Barr (Lab.) warmly condemned Mr. Thurtle’s Bill as propaganda for a national policy of birth control This was, economically, a policy of despair. The member declared that a liberal, bountiful Creator had provided ample resources for everyone, with wise production and a just distribution. “Moral instincts, or religious prejudices, if you prefer the term,” he said, “are most potent influences uplifting mankind. They are as sure a guide as science itself. If they are defied, it will be at the peril of the State.” He cited the refusal of the Labour Conference at Liverpool to make birth control a political issue.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. MR. FISHER RESIGNING London, February 10. The Right Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, Liberal member for the English Universities, is resigning from Parliament owing to the calls on his time as warden of New College, Oxford. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.