IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
THE TREASURY APPOINT-
MENT.
OFFENSIVE ALLUSIONS.
[press association. —copyright].
(Received 29, 9.10 a.m.)
London, April 28.
Questioned regarding the appointment of Sir E.' J. Soares to office, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Hobhouse, replied suggesting that Mr. Norman Craig, who asked tne question, possibly despised education, and added that Sir E. Soares was a firstclass prizeman of his college. Perhaps Mr. Craig despised that also. The Speaker, interposing, deprecated offensive allusions, and censured Mr. Hobhouse for going out of the Way to suggest that Mr. 'Craig did not appreciate intellect or knowledge. Mr. Hobhouse: “I only judged by his demeanour.” The Speaker retorted severely, saying that again Mr. Hobhouse was using unnecessarily offensive expressions.
ADULT MALE AND FEMALE FRANCHISE.
(Received 29, 8.5 a.m.)
In the House of Commpns Mr. Cransbay Williams introduced an adult made and female Franchise Bill. MIXED MARRIAGES IN IRELAND. (Received 29, 10.30 a.m.) London, April 29. In the House of Commons Mr. Birrell said the police believed the McCan children were with their father in the United States. This was in reply to the question asked on February Bth, regarding mixed marriages in Ireland. !
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 115, 29 April 1911, Page 1
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