INDIAN COUNCILS BILL.
♦ READ A THIRD TIME IN THE COMMONS. Bj Telegraph.— Prcsa Association. — Copyright, (Received April- 28, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, 27th April. The India Councils Bill has been read a third time in the House of Commons. Mr Hobhouse, Under-Secretary for India, promised that power would be reserved to the Imperial Parliament to consider the question of the creation of axecutive councils elsewnere than in Bengal. Government did not intend, Mr. Hobhouse added, that the fact of deportation should disqualify men from election to the councils after their release. The Bill as originally introduced contained a clause empowering the Gov-ernor-General of India to create an executive council in any proyince under a Lieutenant-Governor. This clause was struck out by the House of Lords by 59 votes to 18.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 99, 28 April 1909, Page 5
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