THE DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 15 May 1912, Page 5

THE DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

THROWN OUT ON THE SECOND READING. THE TIMES' PREDICTION. ■Blf C&.BLE— PitiiSS ASSOCIATION—COPYEtGHT. LONDON, May 14. In the House of Commons tne Disestablishment iiin was rejected on tne ■second reading. Tne Opposition stated tiiat there was hardly a Ministerialist who was not seeietly ashamed of tne proposals or tne xha. Such support as it had gained was due to an appeal to cupidity. Mr Ellis Griffith, the member for Anglesey, said that the Welsh Liberals that the Church should enjoy the same rights and liberties as ■others. Disestablishment would enable tne Church to regain control over its ritual. Mr Keir Hardie, leader of the Labor Party, approved of the Bill because it would supply a precedent for the abolition of private ownership of land. The Times says that small public intrest is shown in the Home itule and Disestablishment debates. One of the immediate results is that Parliament will act on this knowledge and reject both measures. The fact that the real ■ conflict will be deferred for two years -deadens discussion.