HONOURS' BILL

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 7 June 1923, Page 7

HONOURS' BILL

TO PREVENT ABUSES

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT

Received June 7, 12.35 p.m

LONDON, June 6

The House of Lords read a second time a Bill to prevent honours abuses.

Lord Peel said the Bill might not entirely stop such transactions, which needed a vigorous, healthy public opinion but the severity of the penalties would probably have a most salutary effect in putting a stop to a disreputable and discreditable trade. — Reuter.