KNIVES AND GLOVES

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2313, 4 December 1925, Page 7

KNIVES AND GLOVES

CAUSE KEEN DEBATE IN COMMONS. ’ ' * [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N. .. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 2. Sir Austen Chamberlain, in replying to a question in the Commons, said the Government certainly would proceed with any disarmament negotiations in consultation with India and the Dominions. There was a vigorous debate on a motion to apply the Safeguarding of Industries Act to cutlery, gloves, gas mantles and wrapping paper. Mr. Snowden demanded the presence of Mr. Baldwin, contending that thp duties were a violation of his pledge not to introduce protection by the back door. After Sir Cunliffe Lister had defended the duties, the debate became heated, and tho Closure was carried by 257 to 134, but the Opposition continued tho discussion on other amendments, which were defeated by substantial majorities. A Labourite, Mr. Neil McLean, drew tho Speaker’s attention to tho presence of strangers. Under the Parliamentary rules,, all strangers, including the press, were directed to retire and the debate was continued in secret.