GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 27 March 1925, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

HOUSE OF LORDS. BX CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. • LONDON, March 26. It is announced that the Premier (Mr Stanley Uaidwin) is appointing a. Oabinet committee to examine the problem and report on the House of Ixtrils with a view to early legislation. MANITOBA'S LIQUOR LAW. OTTAWA, March 25. The liquor law enforcement is costing the Government of Manitoba more than under the Manitoba Temperance Act or prohibition days, so the Attorney-Gen-eral (Mr. Craig) stated in the legislature when rebutting opposition attacks, on his proposal to deduct part of* the cost of enforcement from the share ol liquor profits now allocated to the muni, eipalities. JAPANESE HOUSE OF PEERS. TOKIO, March 25. The House of Peers passed the Upper House Reform Bill modified by themselves under agreement with the Government. They are now discussing the Suffrage Bill,‘for which purpose the session has been extended for one day. NOT WANTED ANYWHERE. WASHINGTON. March 2-5. Zerdeehene, the self-styled Emir of Kurdestan, will'not he allowed to land in the United States if returned by the British Immigrant Department. The authorities here hold that his fate rests with the British Government and the steamship company which originally brought him to the United States ns a ruling prince, a position which the Labour maintains he does not hold.