TENDENCY TOWARDS' IMPERIAL DEVOLUTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 276, 24 November 1919, Page 5

TENDENCY TOWARDS' IMPERIAL DEVOLUTION.

[Press Association.] A.c»traiiaa and N.Z. Lable A nsociatioß

LONDON, Nov. 22. The tendency towards Imperial devolution was evidenced by two -announcements in the. House of Commons tiorduy. A Joint Select Committee of the House ic|f Lords and House of Commons reported that tho Government of India Bill was conceived) wholly in the spirit of t'ihe Government's. pron'ounclement of August 20th, 1917-.,, andl marked a great &tcp in tho path of self-government. Sir L. S. Am cry stated tiliat Malta would--receive home rule in 1921 in purely local affairs, but tho naval and military services would be> under the Imperial authorities.