IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14071, 28 May 1906, Page 7

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

LABOUR MEMBERS AND THE GOVERNMENT. THE EDUCATION BILL. WORCESTER ELECTION VOID. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 25. The Government is disconcerted over the cleavage in its majority, owing to the Labourites’ attitude on various questions. The debate on secular education has weakened the Govornmont’s position in relation to the Education Bill. The “ Daily Telegraph ” declares that the Government is less enamoured with the Bill than it was at the outset. Mr Lloyd George, speaking at Liverpool, urged the Liberals to prepare for the possibility of a fresh election over education . An inquiry in connection with the election of Mr G. H. Williamson (Conservative), who was returned for Worcester at the general election by a majority of 129, resulted in the election being declared void on the ground of bribery. No reflection is cast on Mr Williamson personally. A VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE. LONDON, May 26. The City Conservative Association has adopted a. resolution that Sir Edward Clarke’s explanations regarding the sharp divergence"' between his pre-elec-tion speeches and Ids Parliamentary action, relotivc to tariff reform, are unsatisfactory, and the Association considers that he has forfeited the confidence of the electors. SUNDAY TRADING IN IRELAND. LONDON, May 26. Mr Sloan’s Bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in Ireland on Sunday was read a second time by two hundred and forty-four to fifty, and referred to the Standing Committee on Trade. COLONIAL MARRIAGES BILL. LONDON, May 27. The Colonial Marriages Bill has passed through committee in the House of Lords. ______