A PREMIER'S THREAT.
FRENCH CHAMBER EXCITED.
ELECTORAL BILL LOST. By Telegraph.—Press Asaociation.—
(Received November 9, 10.45 p.m.)
Paris, November 9. After the Chamber of Deputies had adopted .the first clauses of the Electoral Reform Bill, providing for proportional representation, :,■■.. M. Briand, the Premier, intervened .and threatened to resign - if the discussion on the Bill was continued, when the Chamber had barely time to vote the Estimates and old age pensions. : The announcement caused much excitement in the Chamber.
, When the clauses as a whole were put, they were rejected by 291 votes to 225.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14214, 10 November 1909, Page 7
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