IMPERIAL POLITICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 14202, 26 October 1906, Page 7

IMPERIAL POLITICS.

THE PLURAL VOTING BILL. THE HOUSING ACTS. United Press Association—By Electric Tel 3 graph—Copyright. LONDON, October 25. The House of Commons is discussing the Plural Voting Bill, the Government resisting all amendments. An attempt to exempt University constituencies from the operation of the measure was defeated by 347 to 92. Mr Balfour scathingly denounced the Bill as an insidious measure. . Mr Asquith replied that thero was no reason why University voters should have separate treatment. Mr Lloyd George \ lias appointed a committee to inquire intp the nature and extent of the benefit to British arts, industries and trade derived from participation in great international exhibitions. Mr Keir Hardie and twenty-nine Labour members of the House of Commons have issued A manifesto urging electors to vote for Labour municipal candidates. The manifesto declares that if fhe Housing Acts were properly administered, 2,667,500 persons would not now be living in overcrowded tenements.